'Sex for grades' outlawed by Nigeria's parliament
A bill intended to stop the sexual harassment of university students has finally been approved by Nigeria's departing parliament.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
After newly elected President Bola Tinubu signs it into law, it will be forbidden for instructors to make any kind of sexual approaches toward pupils.
Those who do engage in sexual relations with their pupils risk serving up to 14 years in prison.
Despite being initially introduced in 2016, the anti-sexual harassment measure failed to pass both houses of parliament.
Following a BBC investigation that revealed alleged sexual misbehavior by academics in Nigeria and Ghana, it was restored by the senate in 2019.
Sex for Grades, a BBC Africa Eye documentary, sparked uproar, but the bill's passage was further hindered by the house of representatives' requests for amendments, which required two parliamentary committees to agree on the final wording.
Before freshly elected MPs are sworn in the next week, outgoing parliamentarians are attempting to finish off their work.
An undergraduate said she was pleased with the development and hoped President Tinubu would swiftly turn it into law.
A group of students expressed their displeasure earlier in the month when they learned that the National Assembly had not managed to pass it in time for his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari, to sign it before stepping down.
