She added that the growing abuse of female students is orchestrated by lack of consistent and clear policy by school governing bodies and school authorities concerning sexual harassment hence her opinion that an independent and unbiased Committee be set up in tertiary institutions to look into cases of sexual harassment. In his reaction, Senator Agege stated that institutions of higher learning across Nigeria must be sanitized to get rid of lecturers who see female students as “prize”. According to him, 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 institutions. He further said, when passed into law, Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts and Chief Executive of institutions of higher learning will face a two year jail term if they fail to act within a week on complaints of sexual harassment made by female students. In response, the Students’ Union Government President, University of Benin, Miss Lauretta Obakpolo, thanked the Distinguished Senator for taking up the plight of Nigerian Female Students and urged all and sundry to support the Bill. Others who made remarks were Fatima Muhammad of University of Abuja, Omofon Mark, Vice President, Students’ Union Government, University of Uyo.

The Management of the University of Ibadan has directed that full academic activities should resume on Monday, 6 June, 2016. In preparation for the resumption, students are expected to adhere strictly to the all guidelines.
It will be recalled that the management of the University of Ibadan (UI) on Tuesday, 26th of April 2016, shutdown the institution indefinitely and ordered the students to vacate the campus with immediate effect.
This development came after students staged a protest over management’s victimization of a 500-level Engineering student, Michael Epeti, who took part in a recent protest by the students as well as poor power and water supply within the school campus.
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