Executive Bill On State Police To Be Ready For Tinubu’s Review Sept 3 — Presidency

The Presidency on Monday unveiled a seven-week implementation roadmap for Nigeria’s proposed state police system, declaring that no state will be allowed to establish a police service until it meets nationally prescribed standards designed to guarantee professionalism, accountability and the protection of citizens’ rights.
Speaking to State House correspondents after convening the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, the Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Working Group, Femi Gbajabiamila, said President Bola Tinubu had constituted the body to produce an implementation-ready legal framework for state policing before the const...