Authorities of the Ekiti State University, EKSU, Ado-Ekiti, have relieved six academic staff of the appointments for plagiarism, fraudulent practices and s-èxual harassment. The institution's Deputy Registrar, Information, Mr. Ajibade Olubunmi, said in a statement that the list included three senior academic staff who were dismissed for manipulating examination scores, plagiarism and failure to serve the university after being sponsored abroad.
Olubunmi said the institution's Governing Council, after the recommendations of the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee, also approved the termination of the appointments of three other academic staff for gross academic misconduct, falsification of employment records and s-èxual harassment.
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Olubunmi, who said the students'expulsion was confirmed by the management after due process including appearance ahead of the Students'Disciplinary Committee, added that “also, over 300 students have now been rusticated for just one session over examination misconduct.
The Registrar, Dr. Omojola Awosusi, said the dismissal of a randy lecturer for s-èxual harassment was a notice signal to the university community that genderbased violence wouldn't be treated with levity.
Awosusi told the Genderbased Violence Prohibition Law, GBVL, Management Committee, delegation which was on advocacy visit, that legal encumbrance was an important challenge frustrating the institution's resolve to manage errant students and lecturers found culpable of s-èxual harassment.
The registrar told the delegation led by the wife of the fovernor and Chairperson of the committee, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, and Commissioner for Women Affairs, Social Development and Gender Empowerment, Mrs. Fola Richie-Adewusi, that another attempted rape of a nonacademic staff was nipped in the bud when sympathisers were drawn to the scene by shouts from the victim.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oladipo Aina, assured the GBVL management committee of the institution's preparedness to domesticate what the law states, adding that the university had established a centre for gender studies in the exact same regard. Aina stated that aside from strengthening the internal security of the university, hostel accommodation would soon be around for female students to safeguard them from prowling predators.
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