The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has warned members of the academia and the college group over sexual harassment on campuses, stressing that the ministry would deal decisively with perpetrators of such acts.
Mr Mamman gave the warning in Abuja on Thursday when he acquired the report of the committee on alleged sexual harassment by the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifo.
He stated that sexual harassment was a severe felony offence that have to be dealt with decisively, when and wherever it happens.
He added that the ministry would do every thing humanly potential to stem the ugly tide in establishments of upper studying.
He famous that the offence of sexual harassment was cancerous and have to be eradicated in any respect prices, including that every one fingers have to be on deck to deal with the menace within the schooling system.
He additionally maintained that the administration of President Bola Tinubu would defend the susceptible teams throughout the nation’s schooling system.
The minister stated he would evoke the lengthy arm of the regulation to be sure that perpetrators had been adequately punished, saying that nobody could be allowed to reap the benefits of susceptible teams.
“Sexual offenses units will be established in the ministry and all institutions of higher learning to deal with the menace,” he stated.
Earlier within the presentation of her report, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, stated the college had adopted all due processes in dealing with the matter, together with the suspension of the suspect, acceptable queries and organising of a disciplinary committee to hear all events.
According to her, so as to guarantee a really excessive diploma of transparency, the Public Complaint Commission, PCC, and the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, are introduced on board the committee as observers.
Others, she stated, had been the Federation of Female Lawyers, ICPC, the Chief Judge of the Student’s Union, High Court in addition to seven Civil Society Organisations, CSOs.
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