Sex-for-marks: UniAbuja dismisses two professors, investigating others
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, says the institution has dismissed two professors for sexually harassing students.
Mr Na’Allah disclosed on Monday that the university had introduced a policy on sex abuse on campus, which had been published.
“Female students needed to be protected,” noted the UniAbuja vice-chancellor.
“I have dismissed two professors since I became the vice-chancellor. It tells you how we are serious about the issue of sexual harassment. We are collaborating with some non-governmental organisations, to make sure that it is not only us that are addressing this issue, but we have a strong partnership,” explained the VC. “We cannot allow the lives of our students to be destroyed, because most of the abuses destroy the lives of their victims.”
Mr Na’Allah revealed that there were several sexual harassment investigations in the university.
According to Mr Na-Allah, the centre for distance learning in the university is among the best in Nigeria.
“People from everywhere in the world are students from first degree up to PhD level at the CDL. Things are easier now; you can even do your defence on Zoom. We have created a virtual classroom system and we are working with the National Universities Commission, to see that its policies are reversed in such a way to support virtual systems,” he added. “We are collaborating with the University of Arizona, U.S., because it has a large virtual system and we are exploring relationships for online programmes with the university.”
(NAN)
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