Media aide on print media to the governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, announced the signing on his Facebook page.
“Breaking! Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, this afternoon, signs the bill prohibiting open cattle grazing in Lagos into law,” Ajetunmobi posted on Facebook.
Recall that the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday, September 9, 2021, passed the bill titled, “A bill for a law to Prohibit Open Cattle Grazing In Lagos State, the Trespass of Cattle Land And For Other Connected Purposes”.
The bill was passed after unanimous votes by the lawmakers at the sitting where the bill was read the third time.
The House Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa subsequently directed the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for assent.