JUST IN: HOUSE OF REPS PASSES STATE POLICE BILL, ADOPTS TINUBU'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSAL

HOUSE OF REPS PASSES STATE POLICE BILL, ADOPTS TINUBU'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSAL


The House of Representatives has passed the Executive Bill seeking to establish state police across Nigeria, marking another significant step toward restructuring the country's policing system.

The bill was approved during Thursday's plenary after lawmakers withdrew the House's earlier constitutional amendment proposal on state police and adopted the Executive Bill transmitted by President Bola Tinubu.

The latest development comes after the Senate also passed the proposal, meaning both chambers of the National Assembly have now approved the constitutional amendment bill. However, the legislation has not yet become law.

The proposed amendment seeks to alter relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution to create a legal framework that will allow states to establish and manage their own police services alongside the Nigeria Police Force.

Supporters of the reform say decentralising policing will improve intelligence gathering, strengthen security operations, and enable state governments to respond more effectively to local security challenges such as kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, armed robbery, and communal violence.

However, some stakeholders have expressed concerns that state police could be abused for political purposes if adequate constitutional safeguards are not put in place.

President Tinubu has consistently backed the establishment of state police, arguing that state governments require greater authority and operational capacity to address security threats within their jurisdictions.

Although both the Senate and the House of Representatives have now passed the proposal, the constitutional amendment must still receive approval from the required number of State Houses of Assembly before it is transmitted to the President for assent.

If the remaining constitutional requirements are fulfilled and the bill is signed into law, it will introduce one of the most significant reforms to Nigeria's security architecture since independence.

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