By Gift Chapi Odekina, ABUJA
The House of Representatives has passed the executive bill seeking to establish state police services, with 311 lawmakers voting in favour of the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, disclosed that 35 lawmakers participated in the voting virtually, while 276 members were physically present in the chamber.
The passage followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, chaired by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, during plenary.
