Africa Press-Nigeria:
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said the Senate would commence the much awaited constitution amendment exercise after the Sallah break, next week.
He also explained that the sexual harassment bill which he sponsored, was not targeted at lecturers.
He said the proposed law, recently passed by the Senate, was meant to flush out the few bad eggs tarnishing the image of university teachers.
Omo-Agege stated this when two groups – Women Education Advocacy and Development Initiative and League of Women Voters of Nigeria, – paid him courtesy visits.
On the constitution amendment exercise, he explained that the committee would swing into action immediately after the Sallah break.
The Senator pointed out that rights of women and the girl-child would be protected in the exercise.
He added that the panel would take into account experiences from other African countries.
He said, “Immediately after the Sallah, we are going to hit the ground running with constitution review exercise. There are a lot of bills dealing with women rights advancement.
“We will take the Ugandan and Rwandan experiences into account to see how we can meet up with the agitation of our women in the constitution review exercise,” he stated.
