The House of Representatives has formally passed the state police bill, effectively paving way for the decentralisation of the Nigerian policing structure.
The resolution comes following the voting by 289 lawmakers in favour of state police during Thursday’s plenary session presided over by Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.
Recall that the House committed Thursday’s plenary to voting on the State Police Bill following the spike in killings, kidnappings, and banditry in the past few months.
There was some drama in the session. Shortly after lawmakers settled in for the day’s business, Kaduna lawmaker Bashir Zubairu raised a point of order, stating that the House Committee on Constitution Review’s proposed state police document had only been circulated to lawmakers on Thursday afternoon.
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