VAPP TRACKER

The Violence Against Person’s Prohibition Act (VAPP) of  Nigeria was passed in 2015 and has been domesticated in the following states:

* Lagos and Ekiti States have Protection Against Domestic Violence Law and Gender-Based Violence Prohibition Law respectively, and they have some of the provisions found in the VAPP

PROTECTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW OF LAGOS STATE, 2007

The Protection Against Domestic Violence Law of Lagos State (2007) is Lagos-specific and was passed to provide protection against domestic violence and for connected purposes. The law offers protection to any person who is or has been subjected or allegedly subjected to an act of domestic violence.

EKITI STATE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (PROHIBITION) AMENDMENT LAW, 2019

The Ekiti State Government has harmonized existing GBV Laws for clarity and to ensure effective persecution of offenders. Specifically, a key provision of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law is included in the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law, 2019.

WHEN DOES A BILL BECOME AN ACT/LAW?

A Bill is said to have been “passed” if at the joint sitting of both Houses (Senate and House of representatives) at the Federal level; or House of assembly at the State level.

The bill is then presented to the President or the Governor as the case may be and once signed “assented to” (signed) it then becomes an Act / Law.

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