The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has indicated it may adopt the version of the state police bill already passed by the Senate to fast-track the constitutional amendment process.
The Chairman of the committee and Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this on Monday at the commencement of the committee’s consideration of President Bola Tinubu’s executive bill seeking to establish state police, signalling closer collaboration between both chambers of the National Assembly on one of the administration’s flagship constitutional reform proposals.
The committee’s deliberation comes less than a week after President Tinubu formally transmitted the Executive Bill to the House.
In response, the House last Tuesday rescinded its earlier approval of a constitutional amendment bill on state police, paving the way for consideration of the President’s proposal.
The lawmakers also passed the Executive Bill for second reading after adopting a motion moved by the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Francis Waive, who argued that the new proposal necessitated revisiting the earlier legislation.
