The passage of the state police bill comes amid growing concerns over worsening insecurity across the country, including terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, attacks on rural communities and other violent crimes that have stretched the capacity of Nigeria’s centralised policing system.
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police across Nigeria, marking a significant step in the country’s decades-long debate over decentralising its security architecture.
The bill was passed during plenary session monitored by SaharaReporters via the National Assembly’s live broadcast on NASS TV.
Lawmakers also postponed consideration of several other constitutional amendment bills to a later legislative session.
The passage of the state police bill comes amid growing concerns over worsening insecurity across the country, including terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, attacks on rural communities and other violent crimes that have stretched the capacity of Nigeria’s centralised policing system.
