{"id":718661,"date":"2019-10-08T09:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T09:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/ekiti-first-lady-tells-her-story\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T09:38:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T09:38:29","slug":"ekiti-first-lady-tells-her-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/ekiti-first-lady-tells-her-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti First Lady Tells Her Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_106653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106653\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106653 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bisi-fayemi-600x344.jpg\" alt=\"Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first lady of Ekiti state, Bisi Fayemi, has narrated how she was sexually harassed during her university days in reaction to the now-viral BBC \u2018sex for grades\u2019 documentary which exposed how varsity teachers cajole students into lovemaking.<\/p>\n<p>She added that she cried after watching the documentary because what is being experienced by young ladies in the university was equally experienced by many of the older generations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Her words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cried because what these young women have experienced is the story of many of us who passed through higher institution in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was educated here in Nigeria and I too was a victim of sexual harassment during my university days. I was luckier than these victims. It didn\u2019t go that far but it was extremely unpleasant and of course, back in the days when all these things happened you can\u2019t tell anyone because if you do even up till now people ask you to keep shut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0BBC Reporter, Kiki Mordi Alleges Death Threat Over BBC Sex For Mark Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know people don\u2019t talk about things like this. I was watching the documentary and there were three words that came to me, one is voice, it is time to speak up and speak out and for those who do we need to stand with them and stand by them and not silence them because the culture of silence has endured enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother word that came to me was accountability, we need to be accountable whether there are parents, guidance or teachers or leaders in any form throughout the different section of society. We have to be accountable for the well being and health of the young people in our care, from when our children come to say, mummy, uncle so so and so touched me and instead of asking further to find out what\u2019s its all about, we should act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has to be accountability and the third thing that came to mind was justice, justice for victim or I choose to call them survivors and so those of us who have worked in the women\u2019s whether at international level or Africa or national air in Nigeria, we know that we have many law and policies in place that are supposed to guard against things such as this but this law sometimes means very little because there is inadequate political\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi The first lady of Ekiti state, Bisi Fayemi, has narrated how she was sexually harassed during her university days in reaction to the now-viral BBC \u2018sex for grades\u2019 documentary which exposed how varsity teachers cajole students into lovemaking. 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