Nigerian Senate
The Senate on Wednesday ordered for an investigation to be carried out into the case of alleged s3xual harassment on the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.
A postgraduate pupil of the establishment, Monica Osagie had accused a lecturer on the Accounting Department, Professor Richard Akindele of demanding s3x from her, s3x for marks.
The movement moved by Senator Abiodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti-South) was entitled, ‘The Growing Trend of S3xual Harassment in the Higher Institutions of Learning: The Case of Monica Osagie.’
In its decision, the Senate throughout plenary mandated its committee on tertiary establishments and judiciary, human rights and authorized issues to hold out a full scale investigation on the case of Monica Osagie and the OAU lecturer named within the ‘s3x-for-grades’ scandal.
The decision additionally observes that Osagie’s expertise justified the specificity and goal of the s3xual harassment within the tertiary establishments invoice handed by the Senate in 2016 – and the necessity to make sure that such perversion is curbed in locations of studying.
Senate President Bukola Saraki recommended the bravery of Miss Osagie, noting that the Senate would work to make sure that any member of the establishment that's culpable could be investigated and totally self-discipline.
The Senate additionally requested the joint committee to “invite the OAU authorities to explain the steps they have taken and the outcome of their internal investigation on the matter as well as institutional reviews they have carried out, together with such further proposals aimed at nipping the problem in the bud.”