Oyetola Signs Violence Against Persons Bill Into Law
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has signed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill into law with assurance of full implementation and enforcement of the new law.
The Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act (2015) is an Act to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against persons and to provide maximum protection and effective remedies for victims and punishments of offenders; and for related matters.
While assenting the Bill at the Executive Council Lounge, Governor’s office, Abere, Oyetola said his assent has marked the commencement of the law in the State.
He reassured of his administration’s commitment to citizens’ security, adding that the act would further strengthen the fundamental right to life and ensure adequate protection of lives and property of the citizens in the State.
The governor commended the House for passing the Bill in record time just as he equally acknowledged the role of the First Lady in ensuring the quick passage of the Bill.
Earlier, the Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye, had said the passage and consequent assent of the Bill into law would henceforth strengthen moral standard and instill discipline and sanctity into the society as its implementation and enforcement would spare no one.
According to him, the law will decimate any act of violence against persons in both private and public life.
In her remarks, the Wife of the Governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola said the law will push further the frontiers and help to eliminate all forms of violence against persons particularly the women and children.