The House of Representatives has chosen Thursday, 11th June, as the date for voting on a constitutional amendment bill aimed at creating State Police in Nigeria.
Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
All lawmakers were charged to be present at Thursday’s plenary to participate in the vote.
The lawmaker said the move is among measures to tackle the growing insecurity in the country. Kalu told the press briefing that the House had decided to give priority to the issue of state police over other bills.
He said the House has directed all members now out of Abuja for oversight to suspend such and return to the parliament on Thursday for the voting procedure.
The House bill on State Police is sponsored by the Deputy Speaker and 14 other House members.
Remember that last Thursday the Presidency had said that considerable progress had been made towards the establishment of state police in Nigeria.
The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, said constitutional amendments necessary for the implementation of state police were expected soon.
Gbajabiamila spoke after the Presidency convened a consultative meeting on state police at the State House, Abuja.
Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said that discussions on the state police framework started several months ago, following a directive by President Tinubu.
He said the process had now come to the stage of thinking about the constitutional amendments needed.
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