Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu yesterday stated the harmonised State Police Bill, 2026 can be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent.
The state police invoice seeks to decentralise policing structure between the Federal and State Governments.
The invoice grew to become crucial following the deterioration of safety within the nation.
However, Kalu, who made the announcement throughout plenary on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the endorsement of the landmark constitutional modification by 29 of the 36 State Houses of Assembly.
The Deputy Speaker maintained that the end result marks a historic leap towards establishing sub-national policing throughout the federation.
He confused that the invoice had surpassed the obligatory two-thirds concurrence threshold required throughout state legislatures,
Kalu acknowledged: “The management of the National Assembly needs to inform honourable members and most of the people that as of the shut of enterprise yesterday, Tuesday, third November, 2026, the workplace of the Clerk to the National Assembly had acquired stories from 29 State Houses of Assembly on a Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to present for the institution of State Police Services and for associated issues.
“Consequently, the leadership of the National Assembly has directed the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the bill today, Wednesday, 4th November, 2026, to His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for assent.”
The legislative process conforms with Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which stipulates that any constitutional alteration should safe the votes of not lower than a two-thirds majority of all members in every chamber of the National Assembly and obtain ratification by resolutions of at the very least two-thirds of the State Houses of Assembly earlier than presentation for govt assent.
