- condemns sexual harrassment in tertiary institutions
Ahead of the November governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, the Chartered Institute of Development and Social Studies (CIDSS) has called on electorate in both states to shun any act of violence before, during and after the election.
In a press statement signed bu the chairman board of trustees, Pastor Shae Bebeyi, the institute also called on all political actors to follow the rules of the game.
Bebeyi insisted that the interest of both states should be greater than political actor’s individual interests.
He cautioned youths not to allow themselves to be used as political thugs and agents of destruction in next month governorship elections holding in Kogi and Bayelsa states.
Bebeyi said the youths must not make themselves as tools that can be used at will and dispensed off by the politicians saying they should rather engage in productive ventures.
He cautioned security personnel on duty during the election not to take side with any political party, stressing that there must not be shedding of blood or loss of lives and property during and after the election.
The institute also joined other prominent Nigerians to condemn sexual harassment in the nation’s tertiary institutions adding the menace must be curtailed now before it degenerate further.
“The Chartered Institute of Development and Social Studies hereby condemns sex for grade, sex for favors or sexual harassment in it’s entirety. We know as an Institute, sexual harassment is part of the social issues we are facing as a society, be it at higher institutions of learning, business concerns, banking or entertaining industries.
“The Chartered Institute Of Development and social studies (CIDSS) is in the forefront campaigning against this social ills. We are therefore soliciting the support of the government at all levels, the National Assembly, private concerns, and individuals to join hands with our Institute (CIDSS) to eradicate or minimize this social ills in our society.
“We also encourage the National Assembly to enact laws that will punish offenders or regulate dressing code that encourages sexual harassment or promote corporate prostitution and sex for marks.”
