Nigeria: We Won't Consider State Police Bill - Reps

Abuja — The House of Representatives said yesterday that the National Assembly would likely not consider the establishment of state police in the ongoing constitution amendment process.

This may frustrate efforts of governors of the 36 states of the federation who had on thursday set up a committee to consider the workability of having state police in their various states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) had set up a committee to look into the possibility.

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