BREAKING: Abia Assembly passes bill allowing female family members to inherit their father’s property

The Abia State House of Assembly has passed a Bill allowing female family members to inherit their family property.

The Bill titled H.A.B. 61: The Abia State Female Persons Right of Inheritance of Property Bill, 2022, was passed into Law yesterday, 16th November, 2022.

The Bill for a Law to provide for the right of a female person to own and Inherit property, was sponsored by the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji.