The Senate is set to consider amendments to the 1999 Constitution, which will provide for the establishment of state police in Nigeria this week.
There is also an indication that the bill will be transmitted to the 36 State Houses of Assembly for further legislation once passed.
Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed this in a statement issued by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs on Monday.
He said all stakeholders across the federation were aligned with the National Assembly on the establishment of state police.
Bamidele said the National Assembly had resolved to isolate the state police provision from the broader ongoing constitutional amendment and pass it separately due to its national urgency.
“Our position is very clear on state police. We are standing with Nigerians on the issue of state police. All strata of the federation have made it clear that there cannot be a better time to establish a state police than now,” he said.
He confirmed that President Bola Tinubu and all state governors were in support of the bill, adding that the legislative week beginning Tuesday would be a crucial one for the Senate.
“We came to the conclusion that we are going to pass the constitutional amendment in this respect to make a provision for the state police. If I can tell you as of today, that will come to fruition this very week because there is no need to allow any further delay,” Bamidele said.
