Delta
State University recently sacked six of its lecturers for their involvement in
several offences including alleged sexual harassment of female students.
The
sacking of the lecturers at DELSU is a welcome development for stakeholders in
the education sector. It is a step in the right direction and I believe it
would sound a note of warning to all erring lecturers.
It would also encourage other higher
institutions in Nigeria to discipline lecturers who are found wanting. The
challenge of sexual harassment in academic establishments has existed for
generations, and sadly, it has become a norm despite the obvious iniquitousness
in the act by lecturers.
Recently,
a female student at the Osun State University set up a lecturer who had been
pestering her for sex. She gave in to his demands but unknown to the lecturer;
she gave in because she wanted to obtain documentary evidence. She made a video
of her and the lecturer in a room at a hotel.
The
lecturer described the video as a lie, but investigations are still on-going to
unveil the truth. The tides have changed and lecturers must be aware that their
acts would not be tolerated and are liable to face public ridicule if they are
caught.
Some
lecturers in institutions flagrantly perform their heinous acts on mostly
innocent female undergraduates and have turned their schools to brothels where
sex trades for good grades. It is unfortunate that the so called ‘custodians of
knowledge’ in our academic institutions have tarnished and degraded their
sacrosanct role in the society for sexual pleasure. No wonder our academic
institutions are not moving forward and making strides like other institutions
globally.
Source:The Punch
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