{"id":140475,"date":"2022-01-27T13:40:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=140475"},"modified":"2022-01-27T13:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:40:25","slug":"constitution-amendment-reps-committee-votes-against-state-police-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/27\/constitution-amendment-reps-committee-votes-against-state-police-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution amendment: Reps committee votes against state police bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The house of representatives committe on constitution amendment has rejected a bill seeking to establish state police.<\/p>\n<p>The bill which is sponsored by Onofiok Luke, lawmaker from Akwa Ibom, had passed second\u00a0reading at the lower legislative chamber in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the central authority on \u201c the police and other government security services established by law\u201d is the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>But the legislation sought to move such powers in section 214 (c) from the exclusive list to the concurrent list, to empower \u201cboth the national assembly and houses of assembly of states to legislate on police and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/25\/take-advantage-of-5g-to-tackle-insecurity-buhari-tells-security-agencies\/\">security<\/a> matters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At its sitting on Wednesday, 14 legislators voted against the amendment while 11 lawmakers voted in favour.<\/p>\n<p>Idris Wase, deputy speaker of the house who is the chairman of the committee, had put the bill to voting after Fred Agbedi, lawmaker from Bayelsa, raised a motion that the bill be voted on.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking against the bill, Muhammed Wudil, legislator from Kano, said: \u201cThere are lots of things as regards the creation of state police. 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