Police Bill advances as States weigh billion-naira rollout costs - Businessday NG

Police Bill advances as States weigh billion-naira rollout costs - Businessday NG

Nigeria's Senate advanced a constitutional amendment for state police; a 5M-resident state requires ~N50B for 15,000 officers with training and equipment under international benchmarks. The transition from policy debate to funding and execution creates major demand for law enforcement tech infrastructure—surveillance systems, command-control platforms, digital crime databases—while requiring political safeguards.