Admin l Monday, June 06, 2022
ABUJA, Nigeria – The University of Abuja, UNAB has dismissed two lectures over allegation of sex for marks.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, who made the revelation did not disclose names of those affected but said the lecturers were dismissed as part of tough measures to discourage such ugly incident in the institution.
Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a policy on sex abuse on campus, which had been published.
Na-Allah, who was on a two–day visit to the U.S., to meet with the University of Abuja Alumni Association, USA chapter, to solicit support for the institution, said, ”female students needed to be protected.”
According to him, the institution is committed to high moral standards and will not tolerate any act of misconduct perpetrated by its staff against students.
“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 (NGOs), to make sure that it is not only us that are addressing this issue, but we have a strong partnership.
“We cannot allow the lives of our students to be destroyed, because most of the abuses destroy the lives of their victims.’’
The vice-chancellor said: ”it was sad to see some lecturers, who are supposed to be protecting the female students, becoming one of their problems. This a problem of universities in Nigeria, not only University of Abuja alone.
