The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has expressed concern over the proposed bill, ”Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institution Prohibition Bill” sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege. He also claimed that he has once been at receiving end of sexual harassment by female students. He said: ”There is no point passing the Sexual Harassment Bill. He said the Anti sexual harassment ( Prohibition) Bill was not meant to stigmatise lecturers. ”As of now, NANS has received over 2,000 petitions from Nigerian students on sexual harassment against university lecturers”.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 17, 2020 17:26 UTC