24 hours after the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) called for
the creation of state police, the House of Representatives passed for second
reading a bill to establish state police.
It would be recalled that the governors had called for the
creation of state police during their meeting in Lagos.
On Tuesday, the bill, sponsored by Luke Onofiok seeking to
amend the 1999 Constitution, and if passed, will allow states to create their
police units.
The bill is proposing to delete police from the exclusive legislative list and put it in the concurrent legislative list.
The implication is that states and the federal government
can create police units.
Leading the debate on the bill, he said “this Bill seeks to
excise Item 45 (Police and other government security services) from the
Exclusive Legislative List and place same on the Concurrent Legislative List to
give allowance for different state governments to legislate on security
matters.”
Speaking in support of the bill, Toby Okechukwu, the Deputy
Minority leader, said the creation of state police was important.
He decried the security situation in the country and called
for the passage of the bill.
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