News Investigators/ The Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday, passed a bill seeking to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality to promote safe motherhood and reproductive health.
The bill seeks to establish conditions for the safe termination of pregnancy in accordance with legal indications and for connected purpose.
The bill, titled “H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law, 2026”, was passed at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Oludaisi Elemide, at the Assembly Complex in Abeokuta.
The passage followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Health by its Chairman, Mr Wahab Haruna,(APC-Yewa North II), who moved for its adoption.
The motion was seconded by the Chief Whip, Mrs Omobola Bakare, and supported by the lawmakers through a voice vote.
The bill was subsequently considered and adopted clause-by-clause by the Committee of the Whole House.
The motion for its third reading was moved by Mr Babatunde Tella (APC-Abeokuta North), and seconded by Mr Lukman Adeleye (APC-Odogbolu).
It was unanimously supported through a voice vote, after which the Clerk and Head of Legislative Service, Mr Sakiru Adabakin, read the bill for the third time.
The Speaker thereafter directed that a clean copy of the bill be transmitted to Gov. Dapo Abiodun for assent.
Meanwhile, four other bills scaled first reading on the floor of the House which included: Gender Balance in Political and Public Offices Bill, 2026; Group Liability for Offences of Violence, Extortion and Secret Societies (GLOVES) Bill, 2026.
Other are Victims’ Rights Bill, 2026; and Ogun State Human Sacrifice Prevention and Prohibition Bill, 2026.
The clerk and head of legislative service read the bills for the first time before the lawmakers.
In another development, the Assembly resolved to pardon a former Deputy Speaker of the nineth Legislature, Hon. Dare Kadiri, by converting his removal from office to resignation.
Presenting the report of the Committee of the Whole House on Kadiri’s letter of appeal, Bakare said the committee sat on Aug. 18 to consider his request for the conversion.
According to the report, the appeal was not intended to revisit the circumstances that led to his impeachment, apportion blame, or establish his innocence regarding the issues at the time.
It stated that Kadiri made the appeal as a former member of the House who wished to bring the chapter of his public service to a peaceful and dignified conclusion.
Bakare subsequently moved for the adoption of the report, seconded by Mr Bisi Oyedele (APC- Ipokia/Idiroko), and supported by the lawmakers through a voice vote.
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