Ogun House Of Assembly Passes Consumer Protection Bill

In a bid to address consumer extortion, disputes and other sharp practices, the Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday in Abeokuta passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2024.

Mr Lukman Adeleye (PDP-Odogbolu) began the process of the bill’s passage when he presented the report of the Committee on Industry, Trade and Investments during the assembly’s plenary.

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The bill is titled “a bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Consumer Protection Agency, Provide for the Protection of the interest of Consumers, Settlement of Consumer Disputes and for Connected Purposes”.

Adeleye, the House’s Minority Leader, thereafter moved the motion for the report’s adoption, with Babatunde Tella (APC-Abeokuta South) seconding it and other lawmakers supporting it through a voice vote.

The bill was later read and adopted clause-by-clause before the Committee of the Whole House.

It was after this a motion for its third reading was moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff (APC-Ado Odo/Ota 1), and seconded by Dickson Awolaja (PDP-Remo North).

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The Clerk of the House and Head of Legislative Services, Mr Sakiru Adebakin, took the third reading of the bill before the lawmakers.

Responding, the House’s Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide (APC-Odeda), directed that the clean copy of the bill be transmitted to Gov. Dapo Abiodun for his assent.

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