The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill to regulate the activities of scavengers and waste dealers in the state with a view to promoting public order, environmental safety and peaceful co-existence and for related matters.
The passage of the bill titled ‘The Scavengers and Waste Dealers law, 2025’, followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Environment by its Chairman, Samsideen Lawal.
Lawal thereafter moved for its adoption, seconded by the Minority Leader Lukman Adeleye and supported by the all the lawmakers, through a unanimous voice vote during the plenary presided over by Speaker Oludaisi Elemide on Tuesday.
The bill was later read and adopted clause by clause before the Committee of the whole House, after which the Majority Leader Yusuf Sherrif moved the motion for the third reading, seconded by the Minority Leader Lukman Adeleye, and was supported by all the whole House.
The Clerk/ Head of Legislative Service, Mr. Sakiru Adebakin therefore read the bill for the third time before the state lawmakers.
Speaker of the House, Oludaisi Elemide, thereafter directed that the clean copy of the bill be forwarded to Governor Dapo Abiodun, for his assent.
