Sexual Harassment and Human Security in Higher Educational institutions in Nigeria

This paper explores sexual harassment and human security in higher institutions in Nigeria. Section (11) and (12) of the Sexual Harassment Bill of the Federal Government of Nigeria passed by the Senate in July, 2020 states the penalties for sexual harassment in Nigerian Tertiary institutions .The major focus of this paper was to find out the fundamental causes and consequences of sexual harassment on the victims and the learning environment, suggest the way forward to address the issue. Using the Feminism theory, and archival method of data collection, the paper discovered among others that the mission of higher institution as a system dedicated to knowledge production is seriously compromised when the male lecturers, through their incessant sexualized misuse of institutional authority, continually violate the intellectual freedom of female students with impunity. Secondly, that the scale of the threat is trivialized as a result of underreporting of such cases. The paper made the following recommendations based on the findings. 1. Female employees should be protected by legislation against such acts. 2. The management should educate and raise awareness among students and staff at all levels on how to recognize, prevent, and respond to sexual harassment.