The House of Representatives is set to proceed to a vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to establish state and local police structures across Nigeria, aimed at strengthening responses to rising insecurity.
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this on Wednesday during a briefing to journalists shortly after plenary.
He said the lower chamber had resolved to give priority to the state police proposal over other constitutional amendment bills currently under consideration.
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The bill seeking to establish state police is jointly sponsored by the deputy speaker and 14 other members of the House.
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