The Nigerian Senates on wednesday debated the Sexual Harassment Bill. The Bill sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege scaled through second reading on the floor of the Senate.
The proposed legislation titled "A Bill for an Act to Prevent, Prohibit and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions and for other matters connected therewith 2019" has 27 clauses.
It proposes up to 14 years jail term, with a minimum of 5 years without an option of fine for any educator we commits sexual offences in tertiary institutions.
It defines sexual offences as including: sexual intercourse with a student or demands for sex from a student or a prospective student or intimidating or creating a hostile or offensive environment for the student by soliciting sex or making sexual advances.
Other forms of sexual harassment identified in the Bill are grabbing, hugging, kissing, rubbing, stroking, touching, pinching the breasts or hair or lips or hips or buttocks or any other sensual part of the body of a student.
Or sending by hand or courier or electronic or any other means naked or explicit pictures or videos or sex related objects to a student, and whispering or winking at a student or screaming, exclaiming, joking or making sexually complimentary or uncomplimentary remarks about a student's physique or stalking a student.
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