Womanifesto, NRHJN call for justice in sexual harassment case
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By Sola Ogundipe
The Feminist Womanifesto and the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria, NRHJN, have charged the Ogun state government to thoroughly investigate an alleged case of sexual harassment by Miss Barakat Melojuekun, against the state’s Commissioner of Environment, Mr. Saheed Abudu Balogun,
In separate open letters, the two organisations called for justice even as they acknowledged the intervention of the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who has suspended the Commissioner and ordered the Police to probe the allegation.
In its own letter signed by the Executive Director of Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, the Feminist Womanifesto – a collection of more than 500 women organisations and individuals working across Nigeria to attain gender justice and gender equality, threatened to initiate a case against the accused if appropriate action isn’t taken.