The Oyo State House of Assembly has condemned rampant sexual harassment of women in offices within the state Secretariat and other public offices across the state.
As contained in a motion jointly sponsored by Honourable Olawumi Oladeji (Ogbomoso North) and Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin (Ibarapa East), at plenary, the Assembly bemoaned that the public offices which should be for effective handling of government official business had become a haven where female workers are being induced with a material or monetary promise to sexually abuse them.
The Assembly expressed concern that such sexual assault exposed females to psychological, emotional trauma as well as several social and health consequences.
To stem the tide, the Assembly urged the office of the Head of Service to take immediate action in line with extant service regulations to discipline employees who harass other employees.
Similarly, head of Ministries, Departments and Agencies were asked to set machinery in motion to implement recently-assented Violence Against Persons Law and investigate issues of sexual assault in their various offices.
This is as the Assembly appealing to the state Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism to embark on aggressive sensitisation and campaign on the menace and consequences of sexual violence in the society.
Furthermore, the Assembly urged the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA) to commence the process of rehabilitation of Oremeji-Agugu-Babanla-Ogbere ldi Osan-Gbaremu-Airport roads so as to alleviate the suffering of residents and road users.
Deputy Speaker, Honourable Abiodun Fadeyi, who brought the motion to plenary, decried that the network of roads was an eyesore with drainages that had fallen off and flood which had the road impassable, as a result of years of neglect.
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Oyo Assembly condemns female sexual harassment in public offices
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