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State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by chokekachy(op): 2:50pm On Feb 20, 2024

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill to provide for the establishment of state police in the country.

Sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu and 14 others, the bill seeks to alter the relevant Sections of the 1999 Constitution to pave the way for states to establish their own policing outfits.

As lawmakers took turns to contribute to the debate on the floor of the House during Tuesday’s plenary, Kalu who stood in for the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, urged members to look beyond political ambitions and think about the safety of Nigerians and Nigeria.

Also speaking, Babajimi Benson (APC, Lagos) said, “It is the job of the police to maintain law and order. We have a population of over 200m people but we have a police strength that is less than 400,000. State Police should be created to address the internal security challenges of Nigeria.”

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by TimeManager(m): 3:04pm On Feb 20, 2024*

History will be kind to Tinubu, he'd be remembered as the best president yet Nigeria has had. Restructuring is taking a gradual shape, signing into law the bill for states to generate their own electricity and more to come with the constitutional review we're getting there.

-kiss the truth!

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Btruth: 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024*

Oya now.......follow by states own electricity generations and others. State should control their resources too.

Let's go abeg. 🤷

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by akpaan(m): 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024

e concern them

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by ArewaNightmare: 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024

our governors should not misuse this

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by bigdammyj: 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024

Noted.

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by handsomeyinka(m): 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024

It's necessary to have a state police,Let's see how it goes.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by SoNature(m): 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024*

The next should be a bill to shut down the house of reps. It's totally needless. Whatever the house of reps does, the senate should do it. Nigeria should cut down the cost of governance.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by mytime24(f): 3:16pm On Feb 20, 2024

Governor's police against their opposition 🤔

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by bouncin04(m): 3:17pm On Feb 20, 2024

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by MANNABBQGRILLS: 3:17pm On Feb 20, 2024*

Slow and steady we will get to the nation of our dreams.
This is a very good Development.
We have a population of over 200m people,
but we have a police strength that is less than 400,000.
State Police should be created to address the internal security challenges of Nigeria

Btruth:
Oya now.......follow by states own electricity generations and others. State should control the resources too.

Let's go abeg.

The truth and nothing but the truth.
Just One state's budget in USA is more than the budget of almost 10 African countries combined together including the Giant of Africa!
Just imagine that!!

ZKOSOSO:
Best Bill in the history of Nigeria 🇳🇬

You are not far from the truth.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by MANNABBQGRILLS: 3:17pm On Feb 20, 2024*

mytime24:
Governor's police against their opposition 🤔

You are right from the perspective you are coming from also Mytime,
We believed that Our politicians are not civilised enough and tolerant of opposing views and cannot preside over a competent and impartial police force
Cos we remembered,
When in 2018 there was a summit to consider the establishment of State Police, there was a counter argument by the late Abubakar Tsav, a retired police commissioner, that the establishment of state police will signal the beginning of the disintegration of the country, as governors would use the institution against their perceived political opponents.
State and federal police commands are also likely to work at cross-purpose.

Our additional reasons of concern are that we have very serious ethnic and religious divides in the country at this time and many governors believe that if they have their own police, they can deal with the other.
For example, the pastoralists and farmers conflicts have been intensifying in many states and some governors have clear proclivities of seeking to expel or protect pastoralists in their states, opening the doors to a new dimension of identity conflicts that would deepen the crisis facing the Nigerian state today.

Some of us at MANNA remembered back then while growing up when we use to have regional/state police back in our darling country,
But, native police forces were abolished and they ceased to exist, beginning from February 1968. Nevertheless, existing personnel in these forces were recruited into the Nigerian Police Force as a unitary federal agency of the Nigerian government.
This structure has continued to the present day.

All said and done,
It will bring more good than bad.
There are much more merits in this than demerits.

A better Nigeria 🇳🇬 all around is all we want at MANNABBQGRlLLS.
God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬 🙏
We Rise ✔️

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Whalis: 3:17pm On Feb 20, 2024

There is no way Tinubu will allow state police now. It will come but in his second term.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Nahunger(m): 3:17pm On Feb 20, 2024

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Emman08: 3:17pm On Feb 20, 2024

Can't the States Houses of Assembly pass the bills themselves?

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by spinna: 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

All the way abeg. . Criminals must be destroyed from our lands

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Crimecity: 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

TimeManager:
History will be kind to Tinubu, he'd be remembered as the best president yet Nigeria has had. Restructuring is taking a gradual shape, signing into law the bill for states to general their own electricity and more to come with the constitutional review we're getting there.

-kiss the truth!

Sharrap

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Nobody: 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

They'd better adopt the American model of law enforcement and turn the NPF into a federal organisation like the FBI, ATF, NSA, etc. Otherwise there will be chaos on who has the jurisdiction over criminal cases. I hope they are going to review the criminal code as well.

Allow me to inform you, that:
1. Tinubu is either a reptilian or a slave of the lizard 🦎 people.

2. Use cash for all your transactions. Avoid using bank or electronic transfer. You are only making the rich people richer.

Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Astra101: 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

State politicos will equally highjack this one and turn it to thugs

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Gotocourt: 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

Good one, local government autonomy too tongue

Resource control is another good one.

Inec should replace state electoral commission too

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by cocolacec(m): 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

Amotekun to become Western region Police.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by Opintiwa: 3:18pm On Feb 20, 2024

TimeManager:
History will be kind to Tinubu, he'd be remembered as the best president yet Nigeria has had. Restructuring is taking a gradual shape, signing into law the bill for states to general their own electricity and more to come with the constitutional review we're getting there.

-kiss the truth!

Another bunkum from an overfed Agbadite

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by MANNABBQGRILLS: 3:19pm On Feb 20, 2024*

oluwaseyi0:
What we need is regional police not state

most states are too weak financially to run their own police

but states of the same region pulling resources together to create a force will be more viable and strong

otherwise what you wil have is governor's tool, and in the North low key boko haram aka Hisbah

You have a good point here Seyi 👉

reiddecuti:
We need to embrace our fear and deliberately implement polices that will help make this country workable.

God bless you real good for this.
We love realists.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by DeepSight(m): 3:19pm On Feb 20, 2024

TimeManager:
History will be kind to Tinubu, he'd be remembered as the best president yet Nigeria has had. Restructuring is taking a gradual shape, signing into law the bill for states to general their own electricity and more to come with the constitutional review we're getting there.

-kiss the truth!

Accursed frogling, may the hunger, hardship and tragedy Tinubu has foisted on Nigerians abide closely with you always. Amen.

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by atobs4real(m): 3:19pm On Feb 20, 2024

What people have been clamoring for.
Na now una eye open

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by LegendHero(m): 3:19pm On Feb 20, 2024

I like Tinubu. He is implementing everything analysts have been crying about for decades.

Now no one will campaign with the below three items again. Nigerians have now seen that removing subsidy and floating Naira require lot of doggedness and patience before the said policy can work as our Naira is so weaker than people even thought.

Tinubu could be labeled anything but he is the boldest president we’ve had since 1999. Most president cow back for max 1 month after attempting subsidy removal or etc but Tinubu bold and ready to receive all the insult to do what he believes is the best.

—Subsisdy removal
—Naira floating
—State police in the bag

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by christejames(m): 3:19pm On Feb 20, 2024

I will cut Tinubu some slack if he eventually assents this bill to allow each state's to own their own police force shocked

Enough of sending some poorly trained Northerners to protect the people of the South West when bandits attack us.

APC RottWailers please steer clear of this thread before una come dey pure saliva everywhere grin

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by ironheart(m): 3:20pm On Feb 20, 2024

Yea, vigilantes are already doing a good job and i am sure with state police, a lot more will be done to curb insecurity

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by christejames(m): 3:20pm On Feb 20, 2024

TimeManager:
History will be kind to Tinubu, he'd be remembered as the best president yet Nigeria has had. Restructuring is taking a gradual shape, signing into law the bill for states to general their own electricity and more to come with the constitutional review we're getting there.

-kiss the truth!

One of the RottWailers grin

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Re: State Police: House Of Representatives Passes Bill For Second Reading by reiddecuti: 3:20pm On Feb 20, 2024

We need to embrace our fear and deliberately implement polices that will help make this country workable.

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