NGO Advises Gov Abiodun Against Assenting To Pregnancy Termination Bill

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), AYUBSON Existence Basis, Ogun State bankruptcy advocating for the safety of unborn small children from abortion the day gone by stormed the streets of Abeokuta, the state capital, to protest the passage of the Being pregnant Termination Invoice handed into legislation via the state Space of Meeting in September, 2026.

Clad in white T-shirts and armed with placards bearing other inscriptions, the pro-life agitators known as at the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led management now not to enroll in fingers with the ones they described as “naive legislators” via signing the invoice, which they stated is in opposition to the federal statutes and the 2 main religions within the nation.

One of the vital inscriptions on their placards learn: “Say No To Abortion, Say Sure To Existence”; “Give protection to Unborn Young children, Strengthen Households”; “Make a selection Existence, No longer Abortion”; “Our kids, Our Long term: Give protection to Them”; “They deserve a possibility to are living” and “In combination for a life-friendly Ogun State”, amongst others.

The professional-life individuals, an organisation that still advocates for the promotion of a tradition of existence in society, had accrued beneath the overhead bridge that connects the preferred Abiola Means with the IBB Side road in Abeokuta city, from the place they marched thru to the Governor’s Administrative center in Oke-Mosan, the place they terminated their “consciousness marketing campaign” that used to be calling the eye of the state governor, Abiodun, to the don’t need to to assent to the Invoice.

Talking with newshounds on the major front of the Governor’s Gate, the Founder and Leader Govt Director of the Professional-life organisation, Ayuba Yusuf, stated his organisation made up our minds to embark at the protest to precise its severe considerations concerning the Invoice.

Yusuf emphasized that the road consciousness marketing campaign in particular aimed to be sure that Governor Abiodun hears their agitation, in particular when his management, over the length, failed to recognize receipt in their earlier petitions and act on them.

LEADERSHIP recalled that the Ogun State lawmaker had on Wednesday, 24 September 2026, handed into legislation the Invoice in the hunt for to legalise being pregnant termination within the state.

The Invoice, titled: H.B. No. 036/OG/2026 – Ogun State Protected Termination of Being pregnant Legislation, 2026, used to be handed at plenary presided over via Speaker Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide after the file of the Space Committee on Well being chaired via Hon. Wahab Haruna.

However talking with newshounds throughout the protest on Thursday, Yusuf declared that abortion is prohibited in Nigeria “and we imagine it the taking of an blameless unborn child’s existence.

“We query whether or not Ogun State has the authority to legalise one thing this is unlawful on the federal degree. Due to this fact, we say no to this invoice. Abortion is prohibited in Nigeria, and we imagine that it’s prohibited with out exception.

“We needless to say the invoice is waiting for the governor’s assent ahead of it may be totally carried out in Ogun State.

“We deal with that abortion is prohibited on the federal degree and that it poses important dangers to each the mum and the unborn child. We also are involved concerning the psychological well being demanding situations that abortion could cause.

“Even in circumstances involving disaster pregnancies, I don’t imagine abortion is the most suitable choice or the answer. Ladies want improve. Ladies experiencing disaster pregnancies want hospital therapy, sensible help, answers, counselling, and steerage.

“This is why we’re calling at the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to not signal this invoice. I imagine that the 2 main religions in Ogun State, Christianity and Islam, neither inspire nor improve being pregnant termination at any level.

“Because of this we wish to ship a transparent message to the governor of Ogun State, His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun: he must now not signal this invoice. He must withhold his assent as a result of we imagine the invoice will reason extra hurt than excellent.

“We’re in a state of affairs the place persons are already going through a lot of demanding situations, together with starvation, poverty, and a loss of activity alternatives. I imagine the federal government must center of attention on addressing those demanding situations fairly than introducing a coverage that we oppose at the grounds of defending unborn small children.

“Due to this fact, we’re interesting to the governor of Ogun State, His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun, to not signal or enforce the being pregnant termination invoice in Ogun State.

“What baffles us maximum is that the individuals who can be suffering from this invoice don’t have any voice and can’t talk for themselves. Lots of the individuals who can be affected don’t seem to be even mindful that the invoice has been handed.

“Our fear is that, by the point the invoice is totally carried out and its results start to be felt, in particular via ladies, it can be too overdue to stop the effects we concern.

“We needless to say the governor has now not but assented to the invoice, and because of this we’re right here. We imagine he’s going to listen our considerations.”