…Isolates legislation from Constitution amendment bills for accelerated consideration
The Senate has scheduled consideration of amendments to the 1999 Constitution to provide for the establishment of state police in the country, with indications that the proposal could soon be transmitted to the 36 State Houses of Assembly for concurrence.
Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate Leader, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, stating that stakeholders across the federation are aligned with the National Assembly on the establishment of state police.
Bamidele explained that the National Assembly had resolved to separate the state police proposal from other ongoing constitutional amendment bills and expedite its passage in view of its national importance.
He also revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and state governors share the same position as the National Assembly on the creation of state police.
According to him, the legislative week, which begins
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