Read the bill FG is passing that can put lecturers in trouble

– A bill has been passed by the Senate that might see to the
criminalisation of lecturers
– The Senate noted that students were at the risk of sexual harassment
from lecturers which was becoming rampant
– Tertiary heads are also expected to takeFG to criminalise action
when such issues are reported
The federal government has moved to criminalise sexual harassment from
lecturer to student in tertiary institution.
The bill titled the sexual harassment in tertiary educational
institutions prohibition bill, 2016 was sponsored by Senator Ovie
Omo-Agege representing Delta central senatorial district.
The bill which is co-sponsored by 45 other senators specifically makes
it's a criminal offence for any educator in a university, polytechnic
or any other tertiary educational institution to violate or exploit
the student-lecturer fiduciary relationship for sexual pleasures.
The bill imposes stiff penalties on offenders in its overall objective
of providing tighter statutory protection for students against sexual
hostility and all forms of sexual harassment in tertiary schools. The
bill provides a compulsory five-year jail term for lecturers who
sexually harass students.

When passed into law, vice chancellors of universities, rectors of
polytechnics and other chief executives of institutions of higher
learning will go to jail for two years if they fail to act within a
week on complaints of sexual harassment made by students.
The bill expressly allows sexually harassed students, their parents,
or guardians to seek civil remedies in damages against sexual predator
lecturers before or after their successful criminal prosecution by the
State. However, it also seeks protection from sexual harassment for
prospective students seeking admissions into higher educational
institutions, students of generally low mental capacity and physically
challenged students.
The Bill, whose sponsors span across all geo-political zones of the
country, also stipulates as offences solicitation of sex or sexual
advances by lecturers which result to intimidation, hostile or
offensive environment for students. It makes provision for
"institutional disciplinary procedures" to be followed by any sexually
harassed student to report or submit a formal sexual harassment
complaint within a tertiary institution to the administrative head of
the institution.
Administrative heads of tertiary academic institutions are mandated
under the bill to protect students who made sexual harassment
complaints from any form of victimisation in their learning.