As part of its last bill just before winding down, the ninth National Assembly hit hard on sex offenders in tertiary institutions in the country passing a bill that criminalizes sexual harassment by academic members against students in tertiary institutions.
The federal lawmakers passed the bill Thursday calling for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in all higher institutions in Nigeria.
The Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator, Opeyemi Bamidele, presented the report at the end of the plenary session.
In addition, the legislature passed a bill making mandatory the inclusion of preventive measures at averting sexual and gender based violence in the curriculum at all levels of secondary education in the country.
