Bill To Legalize State And Regional Police Passes Second Reading

• This interpreted that the current police system will be decentralized by moving police from the Exlusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List.

The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow for the creation of state police and legalise regional security outfit second reading.

This interpreted that the current police system will be decentralized by moving police from the Exlusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List.

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In the explanatory note of the bill, the Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, who sponsored the bill, said the legislation sought to alter the Constitution “to provide for state police and other state government security services to enhance security and preservation of lives and properties in Nigeria”.

The bill especially proposes an amendment to Section 197(1) by inserting new Paragraphs ‘e’ and ‘f’ to provide for ‘State Police Council’ and ‘State Police Service Commission,’ respectively.

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila

The Second Schedule to the Constitution will also be altered in Part I by deleting Item 45 from the Exclusive Legislative List; and in Part II by inserting after Item 30 on the Concurrent Legislative List, new Items 31 and 32.

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