On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police.
The bill, which intends to amend several sections of the 1999 constitution, provides a framework for the creation, funding, regulation and operation of state police services while retaining the federal police as a national institution.
Among other provisions, the bill gives governors the power to appoint commissioners of police, creates state police service commissions, limits federal interference in state policing, and allows the federal government to provide grants to state police.
Calls for the establishment of state police have been renewed following the recent nationwide spike in insecurity.
Here are some of the key provisions of the bill.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO SET STANDARDS FOR STATE POLICE
Section 214 provides that the national assembly shall prescribe the structure, organisation, administration and powers of the federal police and establish guidelines for the establishment of state police.
A state police
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