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

S/NSTATELEGISLATIVE STATUS (BILL)EXECUTIVE STATUS (LAW)
1.FCTPassedAssented to on 23rd May 2015
2.AbiaPassed on 3rd December 2019Assented to on 1st October 2020
3.AdamawaPassed on March 1st 2021Assented to on 30th August 2021
4.Akwa-IbomPassed on 10th June 2019Assented to on 19th June 2020
5.AnambraPassed in 2017Assented in 2017
6.BauchiPassed in May 2015Assented in 2020
7.BayelsaPassed on February 17th, 2021Assented in 2020
8.BenuePassed on May 26th, 2019Assented to on May 28th 2019
9.BornoPassed in 2022Assented to on 10th January 2022
10.Cross RiversPassed in 2021Assented to on 31st December 2021
11.DeltaPassed on July 28th, 2020Assented to on October 7th, 2020
12.EbonyiPassed on May 1st 2018Assented to in May 2018
13.EdoPassed on June 17th, 2021Assented to on August 5th, 2021
14.Ekiti*Passed the Ekiti state Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Amendment Law 2019 
15.EnuguPassed on April 4th, 2019Assented to in April 2019
16.GombeYet to be Passed–
17.ImoPassed on July 27th 2021Assented to on 17th December 2021
18.JigawaPassed on the 24th of February 2021Assented to on 24th February 2021
19.KadunaPassed in December 2018December 1st, 2018
20.KanoYet to be passed–
21.KatsinaYet to be Passed–
22.KebbiPassed on 30th September 2021Assented to on 27th July 2022
23.KogiPassed on March 22nd, 2021Assented to on 27th June 2022
24.KwaraPassed on Sept 24th 2020Assented to on 15th October 2020
25.Lagos*Passed the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law of Lagos state 2007 
26.NasarawaPassed on January 6th, 2021Assented to on January 21st, 2021
27.NigerYet to be passed–
28.OgunPassed 17th, January 2018Assented to in 2018
29.OndoPassed on July 2nd, 2021Assented to on July 15th, 2021
30.OsunPassed on August 12th, 2021Assented to on 11th October 2021
31.OyoPassed on December 18th, 2020     Assented to on 26th, February 2021
32.PlateauPassed on December 24th 2020Assented to on 19th May 2022
33.RiversPassed on January 2020Awaiting Assent
34.SokotoYet to be PassedAssented to on 22nd November 2021
35.TarabaPassed on 24th February 2022–
36.YobePassed in 2021Assented to on 16th April 2022
37.ZamfaraYet to be Passed–

 

 

* Lagos and the 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 VAPPBottom of Form

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 in 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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