The Senate has issued a strict November 15 deadline to six remaining State Houses of Assembly to formally communicate their positions on the proposed constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police across the federation.
Updating lawmakers during plenary in Abuja, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele disclosed that 30 out of Nigeria’s 36 state legislatures have already voted in favor of the bill, successfully passing the two-thirds constitutional threshold of 24 states required for constitutional amendments. The six state assemblies that are yet to transmit their formal approvals include Abia, Benue, Cross River, Kano, Niger, and Oyo.
Addressing the upper legislative chamber, Senate President Godswill Akpabio appealed for a brief extension to allow the outstanding state legislatures to conclude their deliberations.
However, Akpabio warned that any state assembly that fails to submit its formal position by the November 15 cut-off date will be officially recorded as having withheld its consent from the decentralization process.
The National Assembly intends to immediately compile the constitutional amendment package following the expiration of the deadline and transmit the finalized legislation to President Bola Tinubu for presidential assent.
Federal lawmakers emphasized that establishing state policing frameworks remains a vital legislative priority aimed at restructuring the national security architecture and mitigating localized security threats nationwide.
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