The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, on Thursday revealed that the National Assembly has set up a Conference Committee on State Police.
He spoke at a town hall organised by Arise News, tagged: “Building National Consensus on state police and national security.”
Kalu said the conference committee was set up on Wednesday in Abuja.
The committee comprises lawmakers from both the Red and Green Chambers.
He said: “Yesterday (Wednesday), we constituted a Conference Committee on State Police.
“Twelve lawmakers were selected in the House of Representatives, 12 lawmakers were selected in the Senate.
“The same way the governors are embracing the state police, they should also embrace the local government autonomy.
“Security will improve if the local governments are autonomous.”
