State Police: Kano, Cross River, Abia, Niger, Benue, Oyo yet to approve bill; gets Nov 19 deadline.
By Henry Umoru ABUJA—THERE are strong indications that the National Assembly is prepared to transmit the State Police Bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent as thirty states have so far approved the bill.
The proposed State Police system has crossed a major constitutional hurdle, with 30 State Houses of Assembly approving the amendment required to pave the way for its establishment.
This leaves six states yet to submit approved bill to the National Assembly for onward transmission to the President for subsequent assent.
The six states that have not approved the bill are Kano, Cross River, Abia, Niger, Benue and Oyo. The Senate has, however, given them up till November 15 to do so, warning that failure to respond by the deadline could be deemed as withholding approval. The six states are expected to communicate their decisions before November 15, when the National Assembly intends to forward the proposed constitutional amendment to President Bola Tinubu for subsequent. Disclosing these while updating lawmakers on the progress of consultations with the 36 state legislatures on the proposed amendment yesterday, the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central, said the number of approvals had exceeded the constitutionally required two-thirds of the 36 state legislatures.
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