- …the university found the policy imperative in creating a safe learning environment for all, even as no community was devoid of deviants.
The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, has said the institution has zero tolerance towards any form of sexual harassment and other social vices on campus.
Ogunbodede said this at the launching of the anti-sexual harassment policy of the institution on Wednesday in Ile-Ife.
He said that the university found the policy imperative in creating a safe learning environment for all, even as no community was devoid of deviants.
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Ogunbodede noted, however, that OAU would continue to strengthen its resolve against sex-related vices.
Also speaking, the wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Bisi Fayemi, urged every tertiary institution across the country to emulate Obafemi Awolowo University by having a policy on sexual harassment and a zero-tolerance culture.
She noted that every tertiary institution leadership needed to demonstrate its unwillingness to condone a culture of abuse, silence and impunity.
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