More states have ratified the bill, which seeks to give subnational governments more authority, control, and responsibility over security matters within their domains as Nigeria moves to restructure and decentralise its policing architecture and framework.
Recall that the National Assembly passed the state police Bill into law in June.
Twenty-four states have now approved the state police bill. In other words, the constitutional threshold of 2/3rd of the 36 states needed for the state police bill to become law has been achieved.
More states are expected to approve the bill next after the constitutionally required 24-state endorsement benchmark was met.
Below is a complete list of the states that have approved the bill and the one being awaited:
24 states that have approved the bill
1. Adamawa State
2. Delta State
3. Edo State
4. Kwara State
5. Nasarawa State
6. Ogun State
7. Osun State
8. Oyo State
9. Plateau State
. Rivers State
11. Taraba State
12. Zamfara State
13. Enugu
14. Anambra
15. Imo
16. Ekiti
17. Kebbi
18. Akwa Ibom
19. Bayelsa
20. Benue
21. Cross River
22. Abia
23. Yobe
24. Kaduna
States being awaited
1. Lagos
2. Ondo
3. Ebonyi
4. Kogi
5. Niger
6. Borno
7. Gombe
8. Bauchi
9. Jigawa
10. Katsina
11. Kano
12. Sokoto
