The Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi, has warned students, non-teaching and academic staff over matters of sexual harassment on campuses, saying the University would deal decisively with perpetrators of such acts.
The vice-chancellor, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Professor Philip Afaha, gave the warning while addressing the Students Union Government (SUG) in his office in Abuja.
The SUG leadership was going round to campaign for Anti-Sexual Harassment in the University Campus.
According to the VC, sexual harassment is a serious criminal offence and must be dealt with decisively, when and whenever it occurs, and that the administration “will do everything possible to tame the ugly tide in the University community.”
She said the University, through its Act, put in modalities in place to mitigate the problem to prevent this, adding that “to flight this, we need to recruit the involvement SUG to fight this together, not only by creating awareness alone, but by setting up complain boxes online where those who don’t want their names be mentioned can also make complaints.”
The SUG president, Comrade Bashir Abdullahi Muhammad, while presenting a letter of request or demand to the vice-chancellor on behalf of the Union.
He appreciated the efforts put in place by the University Community and appealed to the VC to establish sexual harassment committees in all the Faculties to fight the menace.