Barring any last-minute change, the Senate is ready to pass the State Police Bill on Wednesday.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that senators cut short their recess on Tuesday to consider the bill, which seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution and decentralise Nigeria’s policing system in response to worsening security challenges
Although the Red Chamber had already begun work on the state police bill, President Bola Tinubu transmitted an executive version to the Senate through a letter dated June 15. The proposed legislation seeks to establish a dual policing system in which federal and state police forces operate alongside each other.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary described the proposal as a key step toward restructuring Nigeria’s security framework.
The bill was immediately referred to the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review, chaired by Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, which is expected to present its report for consideration and voting.
Akpabio urged
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