State Police Bill to reach Tinubu for assent today — Reps

By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja
ABUJA — The State Police Bill, seeking to decentralise policing responsibilities between the Federal and state governments, will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday for assent.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this while presiding over plenary, following the approval of the proposed constitutional amendment by 29 of the 36 State Houses of Assembly.

Kalu expressed excitement over the endorsement of the proposed police reform by more than two-thirds of the state legislatures, describing the development as a major step towards the establishment of state police in Nigeria.

“The State Police...