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The House of Representatives has passed the Executive Bill seeking to establish state police in Nigeria.
The bill was approved during Thursday’s plenary after lawmakers considered the proposal sent by President Bola Tinubu.
Earlier, the House withdrew its own version of the bill before debating and passing the executive bill through its first and second readings.
The development comes as efforts continue to reform Nigeria’s policing system and address growing security challenges across the country.
Meanwhile, former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has cautioned that creating state police alone will not solve the country’s insecurity.
Speaking in an interview on Wednesday, Fashola said deeper governance and structural reforms are also needed.
“Like I said during my intervention on June 12, if and when the State Police becomes constitutionally permissible, it is not the silver bullet to the problem we face today,” he said.
Fashola added that even if the bill becomes law, state police would not begin operations immediately because new recruits would still need to undergo training.
“It is going to take about six months. If you use the current model of police training, they spend six months in police academy, your first intakes are six months away,” he said.
