A former member of the House of Representatives and former Acting Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Kayode Oladele.
A former member of the House of Representatives and former Acting Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Kayode Oladele, has described the passage of the Constitution Alteration Bill on State Police by the National Assembly as a timely and far-reaching constitutional response to Nigeria’s worsening security challenges.
Oladele, a Nigerian-American legal practitioner, said the proposed legislation offers a historic opportunity to strengthen Nigeria’s internal security architecture and reinforce the constitutional principles of federalism.
In a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, the former lawmaker noted that although the bill was yet to complete the constitutional amendment process by securing the approval of at least two-thirds of the state Houses of Assembly and presidential assent, its passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives represented a major milestone in Nigeria’s constitutional development.
According to him, the country’s growing security challenges have exposed the limitations of a highly centralised policing system and underscored the need for institutional reforms capable of bringing law enforcement closer to the people.
