#S*xForGrades: Consumer Protection Agency hails ABU over sack of lecturers

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has
welcomed the sack of 15 staff and demotion of one academic staff by
the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, on account of conducts
bordering on corruption and sexual harassment.

In a statement signed by Babatunde Irukera, the Chief Executive
Officer of FCPPC, shared via its official Twitter handle, on
Sunday, the Commission said that the action of the school resulted
from investigations which showed that the affected members of staff
were culpable of offences against the rules of the university.

Part of the statement read, “The Commission notes that this
strong disciplinary action followed investigations that established
unsolicited and unwelcome sexual advances and behaviours towards
members of the school community, illegal allocation of, and
alteration of grades, including extortion of students.

“These types of conduct materially affect the entire community,
diminish scholarship and negatively skew academic outcomes in a
manner that violates the rights of the targets of the behaviour and
victimises others who are invariably indirect victims.

“The inappropriate behaviour undermines the quality and validity
of education and questions the credibility of educational
outcomes.”

FCCPC went on to encourage the authorities of the ABU to
continue investigation into other cases. The government agency also
encouraged other education institutions to pursue “aggressive and
open initiatives” to fight harassment and corruption.

ABU had in September fired 15 lecturers for offences bordering
on sexual harassment, negligence of duty and corruption.

See tweet:

Babatunde Irukera, CEO, FCCPC: Release on
the Termination of Employment of 15 Staff of #AhmaduBelloUniversity (#ABU) for Alleged Sexual Harassment and
Corruption pic.twitter.com/ipXJulhoHH^[1][2][3]

— FCCPC Nigeria (@fccpcnigeria) October
6, 2019^[4]

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