Various women groups and members of the National Association of Nigerian Students vehemently kicked against moves by the Academic Staff Union of Universities to shut down the anti-sexual harassment bi
ll at a public hearing organised by the Senate on Monday.
Representatives of the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, International Federation of Women Lawyers, female lawmakers and students union, among others, spoke passionately in support of the bill. The Director General, National Centre for Women Development, Abuja, Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta, sought the extension of the law to also cover pupils and teachers in both primary and secondary schools across the country.
Ogunyemi’s presentation was intermittently punctured by jeers from the crowd made up of mostly women groups and students, when he said ASUU did not support sexual harassment but that it did not believe that a law should be enacted to tackle it.“If we follow the procedure that we have in place at the universities and we link with our existing laws, we can address the same problem without necessarily coming up with a law.
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