File: House of Representatives
The House of Representatives will today (Thursday) commence voting on a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police, in what lawmakers describe as a major legislative response to Nigeria’s worsening security crisis.
The Deputy Speaker of the House and chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
The move comes against the backdrop of rising incidents of kidnapping, terrorism, banditry and other violent crimes across several parts of the country, fuelling renewed calls for the decentralisation of the nation’s policing architecture.
The bill, sponsored by Kalu and 14 other lawmakers, passed second reading on February 20, 2024.
