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Law on rural, semi-urban development passed by Ogun Assembly

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Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill meant to ensure rural integration, promote even development in rural and semi-urban areas of the state.

The passage of the bill followed the presentation of the Committee report on rural development presented by Honourable Babatunde Tella, who thereafter moved for its adoption as amended, seconded by Honourable Wahab Haruna and supported by other lawmakers through a voice vote during the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Honourable Oludaisi Elemide at the Assembly’s complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The bill was later read and adopted clause-by-clause before the Committee of the whole house, after which the motion for the third reading of the bill was moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye and supported by the whole house through a unanimous voice vote.

Thus, the Assembly Clerk, Sakiru Adebakin read the bill for the third time, hence the Speaker directed that the clean copy of the bill be forwarded to the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun for assent.

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