The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill aimed at lowering maternal morbidity and mortality, encouraging safe motherhood and reproductive health rights, and setting out conditions for the safe termination of pregnancy in line with legal indications and for related purposes.
The bill, bearing the short title “H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law, 2026,” was passed at Thursday’s plenary, which was presided over by the Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, at the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
As stated in a statement issued by the clerk of the House on Thursday, the passage came after the report of the House Committee on Health was presented by its Chairman, Wahab Haruna, who moved for its adoption.↻ The motion was seconded by the Chief Whip, Hon. Omobola Bakare, and backed by the lawmakers through a voice vote.
The bill was then taken up and adopted clause-by-clause before the Committee of the Whole House.
Babatunde Tella moved the motion for its third reading, which was seconded by Lukman Adeleye. Through a voice vote, the lawmakers gave it their unanimous backing, and afterwards the Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, Mr. Sakiru Adabakin, read the bill for the third time before them.
After that, the Speaker instructed that a clean copy of the bill be sent to the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for his approval.
During the plenary, four additional bills also passed their first reading. These include 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.
