The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed legislation aimed at reducing maternal deaths and complications while providing a legal framework for the safe termination of pregnancy in specified circumstances.
The bill, titled “H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law, 2026,” was passed during Thursday’s plenary at the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The sitting was presided over by the Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide.
A statement from the Clerk of the House said the bill followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Wahab Haruna.
The report was adopted after a motion moved by Haruna and seconded by the Chief Whip, Hon. Omobola Bakare. Lawmakers subsequently considered the bill clause by clause under the Committee of the Whole House.
The motion for its third reading was moved by Babatunde Tella and seconded by Lukman Adeleye.
Following a unanimous voice vote, the Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, Sakiru Adabakin, read the bill for the third time.
Speaker Oludaisi Elemide then directed that a clean copy be forwarded to Governor Dapo Abiodun for his assent.
Four other bills also passed first reading during the sitting. They are the Gender Balance in Political and Public Offices Bill, 2026; Group Liability for Offences of Violence, Extortion and Secret Societies (GLOVES) Bill, 2026; Victims’ Rights Bill, 2026; and the Ogun State Human Sacrifice Prevention and Prohibition Bill, 2026.
In a separate development, the 10th Assembly resolved to pardon former Deputy Speaker of the 9th Legislature, Hon. Dare Kadiri, by changing the record of his removal from office to a resignation.
Kadiri, who represented Ijebu North II Constituency, was impeached in March 2021 over allegations of gross misconduct.
His removal was announced by the then Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, after an ad hoc committee investigating the allegations found him guilty.
The decision to alter the record followed a request from Kadiri asking the Assembly to convert his impeachment and removal as Deputy Speaker into a voluntary resignation.
While presenting the Committee of the Whole House report on the request, Chief Whip Omobola Bakare said the committee considered the matter on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
The lawmakers said Kadiri’s appeal was not intended to reopen the issues surrounding his impeachment, assign blame or establish his innocence, but rather to allow him to bring that period of his public service to a peaceful and dignified conclusion.
Bakare moved for the adoption of the report, while Hon. Bisi Oyedele seconded the motion. Other lawmakers supported it through a voice vote.
Source: PUNCH
