In its bid to address consumer extortion, disputes and other sharp practices, the Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the Consumer Protection bill, 2024. The bill is titled: “HB No.
013/OG/2021- 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. The passage of the bill followed the presentation of the report of the Committee on Industry, Trade and Investments by the Sponsor, Lukman Adeleye at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Thursday.
The bill was later read and adopted clause-by-clause before the Committee of the Whole House, after which the motion for its third reading was moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by Dickson Awolaja, while the Clerk of the House and Head of Legislative Services, Mr. Sakiru Adebakin, took the third reading of the bill before the lawmakers. Responding, Speaker Elemide directed that the clean copy of the bill be transmitted to the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun for his assent.
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