State Police: Presidency rolls out plans for legal framework

—Draft Executive Bill to be presented to Tinubu Sept 3— As c’ttee calls for memoranda from public

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THE Presidency on Monday set up high‑level working group to draft the legal architecture needed to implement a new federal‑and‑state policing model for the country.

This is as the presidency has announced that the draft Executive Bill will be presented to President Bola Tinubu on September 3, 2026.

Briefing State House correspondents at the presidential villa, Abuja, Chairman of the Presidential Working Group of the National Advisory Committee on State Policing and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, called on members of the public to submit memoranda as inputs for the draft framework aimed at translating legislative advances into a practical plan.