The lawmaker representing Osun Central senatorial district
and the Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru has said the stand of the 19
Northern States Governors for the immediate establishment of State Police will
trigger the revisit of the bill in the National Assembly.
The Northern Governors under the aegis of the Northern
Governors Forum, NGF and Northern Traditional Rulers Council, had, in a meeting
in Abuja called for the immediate establishment of State Police to address the
continued security challenges in the country.
Basiru who had sponsored the bill in the Senate said he will
re-introduce the bill with the new knowledge and reality.
He noted this during his two hall meeting with constituents
at Irepodun, Orolu, Olorunda and Osogbo Federal constituency held in Osogbo on
Thursday.
In his words, I sponsored a bill on State Police but
unfortunately, the bill was not allowed to see the light of day at the
constitutional review committee. But happily enough, northern governors and
stakeholders have said they are for state police.
“I believe we are going to re-introduce the bill and then
with the new knowledge and reality that we need state police.”
The Senate spokesman explained that the town hall meeting is
to sensitize people on the senate’s responsibility in terms of law-making,
attracting meaningful projects and making a distinction between legislators’
work and that of the executive arm of the government.
He said other bills he has sponsored are ‘a bill for an act
to alter the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999 to provide for the establishment of the political parties registration and
regulation commission and related matters, 2019.
“A bill for an act to provide for the regulation and
jurisdiction of the supreme court and court of appeal and related matters, 2020
(SB. 247).
“A bill for an act to alter the constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for conferment of jurisdiction on
magistrate courts to hear matters on enforcement of fundamental rights and
matters connected thereto 2021,” among others.
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