The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, promote safe motherhood and reproductive health rights, and establish conditions for the safe termination of pregnancy in accordance with legal indications, among other related purposes.
The bill, with the short title “H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law, 2026,” was passed on Thursday during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The passage followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Health by its Chairman, Hon. Wahab Haruna, who moved for the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by the Chief Whip, Hon. Omobola Bakare, and supported by the lawmakers through a voice vote.
The bill was thereafter considered and adopted clause-by-clause by the Committee of the Whole House.
The motion for the third reading of the bill was moved by Hon. Babatunde Tella and seconded by Hon. Lukman Adeleye. It was unanimously supported by the lawmakers through a voice vote, after which the Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, Mr. Sakiru Adabakin, read the bill for the third time before the lawmakers.
The Speaker subsequently directed that a clean copy of the bill be transmitted to the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for his assent.
In the same vein, four other bills — the Gender Balance in Political and Public Offices Bill, 2026; the Group Liability for Offences of Violence, Extortion and Secret Societies (GLOVES) Bill, 2026; the Victims’ Rights Bill, 2026; and the Ogun State Human Sacrifice Prevention and Prohibition Bill, 2026 — scaled first reading.
The Clerk/Head of Legislative Service read each of the bills for the first time before the lawmakers.
In another development, the 10th Assembly resolved to pardon a former Deputy Speaker of the 9th Legislature, Hon. Dare Kadiri, by converting his removal from office to resignation.
Presenting the report of the Committee of the Whole House on a letter of appeal forwarded to the Assembly by Kadiri, the Chief Whip, Hon. Omobola Bakare, said the committee sat on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, to consider Kadiri’s appeal for his impeachment and removal from office as Deputy Speaker to be graciously converted to a voluntary resignation.
The lawmakers consequently observed that the request “was not with the intention of revisiting the circumstances that led to the impeachment, apportioning blame, playing politics or attempting to establish his innocence regarding the issues of that time.”
Rather, the report stated that Kadiri made the appeal as “a former member of this respected House, who wishes to bring that chapter of his public service to a peaceful and dignified conclusion.”
Hon. Bakare subsequently moved for the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by Hon. Bisi Oyedele and supported by the other members through a voice vote.
