State police: 28 states approve constitutional amendment
- ✦The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, confirming that the 28 states had approved the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, which seeks to provide for the establishment of State Police Services and related matters.
- File: National Assembly complex The National Assembly has received approval reports from 28 State Houses of Assembly for the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police, clearing the constitutionally required state-legislature threshold for the bill to advance to the next stage of the amendment process.
- He said the bill was transmitted to the 36 state legislatures on September 16, 2026, for consideration and approval, with a request that their decisions be communicated to the National Assembly within 30 days.
- The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, confirming that the 28 states had approved the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, which seeks to provide for the establishment of State Police Services and related matters.
The National Assembly has received approval from 28 State Houses of Assembly for the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police in Nig
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File: National Assembly complex The National Assembly has received approval reports from 28 State Houses of Assembly for the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police, clearing the constitutionally required state-legislature threshold for the bill to advance to the next stage of the amendment process.
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The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, confirming that the 28 states had approved the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, which seeks to provide for the establishment of State Police Services and related matters.
