Afrobeat singer, Seun Anikulapo Kuti has slammed leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for keeping quiet over the sex-for-grades scandal involving a University of Lagos lecture, Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu.
Kuti lamented ASUU’s silence over the issue of sexual harassment in public territory institutions in the country.
Kuti, who was reacting to the Sex-for-grades documentary released by the BBC Africa Eye on Monday, also slammed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, for keeping quiet on the government’s position in bringing an end to sexual abuse in institutions of learning.
The series of tweets by Kuti on his personal handle read in part: “ASUU leaders make una no pretend like say una no hear all dis noise about una members accuse of sex for grades in our unis, if na una money struggle now, una go expect both activists and students to rise and fight for una, now d students need una to rise and fight for dem too.
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“Oga Adamu Adamu wetin u b minister of education for wen der is a national issue affecting all our unis and u no fit tell us govt position on dis, r u in support of d lecturers demanding sex for grades ni, abi why we never hear from u about it as d minister of Education.”
Recall that the BBC had released a documentary showing Igbeneghu a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, sexually harassing Kiki Mordi, an undercover journalist who posed as a 17-year-old admission seeker in the institution.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the scandal, the university has suspended the lecturer with immediate effect.