{"id":2344,"date":"2026-06-23T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:11:45","slug":"tinubu-seeks-constitutional-amendment-to-establish-state-police-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/06\/23\/tinubu-seeks-constitutional-amendment-to-establish-state-police-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Seeks Constitutional Amendment to Establish State Police in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the National Assembly to approve a constitutional amendment bill that would provide legal backing for the establishment of state police across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request was contained in a letter dated June 15, 2026, which was read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The proposed legislation, titled the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) State Police Bill, 2026<\/em>, seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution to create a legal framework for a dual policing system involving both federal and state police structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to President Tinubu, the bill is aimed at strengthening Nigeria\u2019s security architecture and addressing the country\u2019s evolving security challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that the proposal builds on previous efforts by both chambers of the National Assembly and introduces additional safeguards to ensure effective implementation of state policing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis bill builds on the significant work already done in this regard by the House of Representatives and the Senate, and incorporates additional safeguards to ensure that the creation of a dual policing structure to address our nation\u2019s evolving national security challenges will be achieved quickly and effectively to the benefit of all Nigerians,\u201d the President stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tinubu further described the reform as a key component of his administration\u2019s broader strategy to reorganize the nation\u2019s security system and improve the protection of lives and property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe proposed legislation is a critical component of our administration\u2019s strategy to reorganize Nigeria\u2019s security architecture to better protect our citizens, and I am confident that the Senate will act quickly to consider and pass this bill,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the reading of the letter, Senate President Akpabio referred the bill to the Senate Committee on Constitution Review for further legislative consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee has been directed to report back to the chamber on the next legislative day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the National Assembly to approve a constitutional amendment bill that would provide legal backing for the establishment of state police across the country. The request was contained in a letter dated June 15, 2026, which was read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday by Senate President Godswill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-2344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-polictics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}