Senate commities commends national student on sexual harassment

The Senate Committee on Women Affairs
recently met with the National Female
Students Association of Nigeria » ably
led by its National President, Comr.
Idongesit Micah.
The meeting was attended by such
dignitaries as Senator Oluremi Tinubu,
Chairman, Senate Committee on Women
Affairs, Senator Binta Masi Garba, a member

of that Committee and Chairman, Senate
Committee on Tertiary Institutions and
TETFUND, Senator Stella Oduah, Vice
Chairman, Senate Committee on Women
Affairs.
In the meeting, the President, Miss Idongesit
Micah » commended the dexterous and
diligent show of commitment of the female
Senators in the Senate. She said that the visit
has afforded the opportunity to create
awareness of our Anti Sexual Harassment
Campaign and commended them for co-
sponsoring the Bill against sexual harassment
in tertiary institutions which have pass
through second reading in the Senate.

The President went further to say that, a lot
of female students have dropped out of
school, some end up with low grades, some
fail respective courses intentionally by
lecturers and so on, hence she solicited their
contacts for other passionate, intellectual and
influential women to support the Bill to
become law.
In response, the wife of the APC National
Leader and Chairman, Senate Committee on
Women Affairs, Senator Oluremi Tinubu
thanked the female students for the visit, she
urge their President to receive petitions from
victims of sexual harassment in tertiary
institutions and submit it to the Committee.