Senate has passed a bill seeking to end sexual harassment in educational institutions.

The bill, which was read a third time and passed by the senate during plenary, followed a report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the bill titled “Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institution Bill 2016.”

It was read by David Umaru of APC-Niger.

The sponsor of the Bill, Ovie Omo-Agege, PDP-Delta, who spoke to reporters on the bill shortly after plenary, said he was delighted at the cooperation of his colleagues.

According to Omo-Agege the bill is meant to tackle the menace of sexual harassment in institutions.

He said it took a lot of political will to bring together the coalition that saw the successful conclusion of the bill.

Omo-Agege explained that the Senate had made it clear that “enough was enough” and never again would sexual harassment be the norm or the order of the day in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.

He added that rape-related offences have now been elevated to statutory rape because the element of consent has been removed.