•Tinubu and House of Representatives The House of Representatives has withdrawn its proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police, opting instead to consider a similar bill transmitted by the Executive. The development emerged during today’s plenary, where lawmakers gave the Executive-sponsored state police bill its...
•Police Nigeria yesterday moved closer than ever to establishing a state police force after the Senate passed the controversial Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to decentralise policing, shifting the battle for the landmark reform to the 36 state Houses of Assembly where at least 24 legislatures must endorse the proposal before it can beco...
•Tinubu, Nigerian Senate and Police The Senate today passed the landmark Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to establish state police across the federation, marking a major step in Nigeria’s decades-long debate over decentralising the country’s policing structure to address worsening insecurity. The passage followed a rigorous clause-by-clau...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives said today that it will prioritise the issue of state police and is set to pass the bill to amend the constitution to allow for the establishment of state police in the country. The House said that it will vote on the constitutional amendment bill allowing the establishment […]
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