The proposed creation of state police in Nigeria has cleared a major constitutional milestone after 28 State Houses of Assembly formally endorsed the Constitution Alteration Bill, exceeding the required two-thirds threshold for transmission to President Bola Tinubu for assent.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has blamed political resistance from Abuja for the failure to grant Lagos State a constitutional special status despite its heavy economic burden and historical heritage.
Only five of Nigeria’s 36 State Houses of Assembly—Edo, Rivers, Oyo, Osun, and Zamfara—have voted to pass the constitutional amendment bill for state police, leaving 31 state legislatures undecided as the National Assembly awaits the mandatory 24-state approval threshold.
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