• Panel will evolve implementation-ready draft National Policing Bill for transmission to the N’Assembly

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated a seven-man Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill to prepare the legal framework for the implementation of state police across the country.

Tinubu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, inaugurated the panel on Tuesday at State House, Abuja.

Gbajabiamila was the committee’s chairman, while members included Attorney-General of the Federation, President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), National Security Adviser, Inspector-General of Police, and Chairman of NGF Committee on State Police.