PRESIDENT INAUGURATES WORKING GROUP ON NATIONAL POLICING BILL
A Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has been inaugurated to prepare the legal framework for the implementation of state police across the country.
Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, representing President Bola Tinubu, inaugurated the panel at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The inauguration followed the National Assembly’s passage of the Constitution Alteration (State Police) Bill, 2026, in which the President proposes a dual policing structure comprising the Federal Police Service and 36 State Police Services.
The chief of staff said that while the constitutional amendment creates the framework for state police, the National Policing Bill would provide the legal structure for its implementation.
He clarified that the proposed legislation would address issues necessary for a smooth operationalisation of the State Police system.
The chief of staff to the President will serve as the committee’s chairman while Members include the Attorney-General of the Federation, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), the National Security Adviser, the Inspector-General of Police, the Chairman of the NGF Committee on State Police.
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