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 to establish conditions for the safe termination of pregnancy in accordance with legal indications and for connected purposes.

The bill, with the short tilte: "H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law, 2026", was passed today during a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The passage of the legislation followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Health by the Chairman, Hon. Wahab Haruna, who subsequently moved for the adoption of the report, seconded by the Chief Whip Omolola Bakare, which was supported by all the lawmakers through a voice vote.

The bill was thereafter considered and adopted clause-by-clause before the Committee of the Whole House. 

The motion for the third reading of the bill was moved by Hon. Babatunde Tella,  seconded by Hon. Lukman Adeleye, and 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 State lawmakers.

The Speaker thereafter 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 including, 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, as the Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, read the bills for the first time before the State lawmakers.

In another development, the 10th Assembly today resolved to pardon a former Deputy Speaker in 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 the letter of appeal forwarded to the Assembly by Kadiri, the Assembly Chief Whip Omolola Bakare said that the Committee sat on Tuesday, 18th August, 2026 to consider Kadiri's appeal to graciously convert his impeachment and removal from office as  deputy Speaker to a voluntary step down from office.

Consequently, the lawmakers 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, he 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", the report stated.

Hon. Bakare later moved for the adoption of the report, seconded by Hon. Bisi Oyedele, and was supported by other members through a voice vote.