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Nigeria moves toward state police as 28 state assemblies approve constitutional amendment
Approval by 28 state assemblies clears the threshold for a constitutional change that would let individual states establish their own police forces, a shift in security governance.
What happened
About 28 State Houses of Assembly have approved the proposed constitutional amendment on state police, exceeding the minimum of 24 states required. allafrica.com+1 The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, said his office had received and verified the resolutions and accompanying Votes and Proceedings from the 28 assemblies. allafrica.com+1 The amendment is contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, and aims to create a policing system with both Federal and State Police Services. allafrica.com+1 The bill has already passed through both chambers of the National Assembly and was sent to state assemblies for consideration on 16 September. USAfricaLive
Around it
Under Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution, any alteration to the Constitution requires approval from at least two-thirds of the 36 State Houses of Assembly. allafrica.com+1 The House has also advanced a bill that would impose penalties on medical facilities that refuse or delay emergency treatment, and the National Assembly considered proposals on housing and financial investments in the same session. allafrica.com+1
What comes next
Following the required approvals, the National Assembly is preparing to transmit the bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent. USAfricaLive
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