National Assembly says only state-police bill sent to assemblies
Nigeria’s National Assembly has clarified that the only constitutional amendment proposal transmitted to the 36 state Houses of Assembly is the bill seeking to establish state police. The clarification addresses the scope of the documents sent to the state legislatures for consideration.
Nigeria’s National Assembly has clarified that only the bill seeking to establish state police has been transmitted to the 36 state Houses of Assembly. The clarification means that the state legislatures have received the proposal on state police, rather than a wider set of constitutional amendment bills. The National Assembly did not provide further details in the supplied report about the bill’s provisions or the timetable for consideration.
The transmission places the proposal before all 36 state Houses of Assembly. No information was provided on whether any of the assemblies have debated, approved or rejected the bill. The clarification was reported by Punch Nigeria.
The report did not state the reason for the National Assembly’s clarification, identify the number of votes required at state level, or outline the next steps in the amendment process. The proposal concerns the establishment of state police, but the supplied material contains no further explanation of how such a system would operate or how it would relate to existing policing arrangements.
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