The Senate has approved measures aimed at preventing governors from abusing the proposed state police structure for partisan, ethnic, religious, sectional, or personal interests.
The safeguards form part of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026, passed by the upper chamber on Wednesday.
Leading the debate on the bill, Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate leader, said the proposed constitutional amendment seeks to create a decentralised policing system while preserving national cohesion, accountability, and federal oversight.
Bamidele said the bill was transmitted to the national assembly by President Bola Tinubu to establish state police services alongside the existing federal policing structure.
He said the proposed amendment would empower the national assembly to prescribe national minimum standards for recruitment, training, vetting, promotions, discipline, use of force, firearms, complaints procedures, accountability, data management, and professional conduct.
The senate leader said the bill seeks
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