The Home of Representatives on Tuesday handed for its second studying a invoice offering for the institution of the state police within the nation.
The invoice, sponsored by Deputy Speaker of the Home of Representatives Benjamin Kalu and fourteen others, seeks to amend related articles of the 1999 Structure to pave the way in which for states to ascertain their very own police forces.
As lawmakers took turns contributing to the controversy within the Home of Representatives throughout Tuesday's plenary, Kalu, who changed Speaker of the Home Abbas Tajudeen, urged members to look past the political ambitions and to consider the safety of Nigerians and Nigeria.
Babajimi Benson (APC, Lagos) additionally mentioned throughout his speech: “It’s the job of the police to take care of legislation and order. We now have a inhabitants of over 200 million, however we now have a police pressure of lower than 400,000. The state police needs to be established to handle Nigeria’s inner safety challenges.”
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