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The Presidential Working Group expects to transmit the National Policing Bill to the National Assembly within two weeks, with its chairman, Femi Gbajabiamila, saying preparations are approximately 90 per cent complete.

Gbajabiamila, who is also Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this on Thursday after a steering committee meeting at the State House, Abuja.

He said the group needed to resolve outstanding observations from governors and complete a final review before transmission.

One More Meeting Expected Before Submission

Gbajabiamila said the proposed legislation had undergone extensive deliberations since the steering committee began its work on August 3.

“The National Policing Bill is more or less ready for transmission to the National Assembly. We will probably have one more meeting after this to cross the t’s and dot the i’s and make sure every area is covered. So, we are 90% ready,” he said.

He indicated that the remaining issues could be addressed within approximately a week.

“The governors have one or two observations, and we should be ready in about a week or so,” Gbajabiamila added.

Gbajabiamila Expresses Confidence in State Police Amendment

The Chief of Staff also addressed concerns about the pace of state legislative consideration of the Sixth Constitution Alteration Bill concerning state police.

Responding to a question citing reports that only about six state assemblies had passed the amendment, he maintained that there was broad national agreement on the need for the changes.

“I see no reason why anyone will want to have a rethink on it,” he said.

The National Policing Bill and the constitutional amendment concerning state police are separate legislative measures. Gbajabiamila’s remarks indicated that work on the policing bill was approaching the point of submission, rather than that it had already been passed into law.

Governors, Police and Justice Officials Attend

Participants included Nigeria Governors’ Forum Chairman and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani.

Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu also attended. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice was represented by the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba.

Other participants included:

1. Justice Abdullahi Liman (retd), Chairman of the Policy Advisory Committee.

2. Professor Olu Ogunsakin, Head of the Nigeria Police Reform Secretariat.

3. Dr Lanre Smart, Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, House of Representatives.

4. Nnadubem Moghalu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Planning and Research and Secretary of the Committee.

5. A representative of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association.

6. AIG Abraham Nabhon Thomas, representing the National Security Adviser.

Security Challenges Sustain Attention on Policing Reform

The discussions come amid continuing demands for stronger protection of communities and major routes.

Recent security developments reported by The Bureau Journal include the interception of an arms cache in Kogi and the rescue of abducted people following a gun battle in Itobe.

The working group’s next step is to complete its review and transmit the proposed legislation for consideration by the National Assembly.

Lithiumite:
PBAT till 31......eveygovt before you dodged the bullet on this policy but tinubu faced it head on......thats leadership, talk and do,you promised it and you are already making it happen.

Lithiumite:
PBAT till 31......eveygovt before you dodged the bullet on this policy but tinubu faced it head on......thats leadership, talk and do,you promised it and you are already making it happen.

TopBanter:
Bro, enemies of Nigeria's progress will be silent on a thread like this indicating a fantastic development for Nigeria.

That's because they love going around our entire Country enjoying how insecurity and lax policing allows them to be efficient at causing chaos, murdering innocent Nigerians and profiting from criminality like banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, ritual killings etc.

Amotekun rhat is the bestsuccess story of a complementaryforce to the NPF in our nation, essentially using peashooters, has set the standard for what sections of our nation with good, decent, law-abiding and progressive people can make of their land by designating criminals as persona non grata, to be locked away, rather than feted as "supreme leader" and cheered while riding through town with literally hundreds of bikes and prohibited Ak47 rifles.

Good people will cheer State police bad people will condemn it or keep silent. Know your fellow Nairalanders with these sort of litmus tests that shows those passionately in favour of State Police, vehemently against it or the ones simply silent whereas they had claimed to be about good governance while insisting Tinubu is not delivering it

happney65:
Story. 6 Govornors of the SW established the Amotekun force. It is only Lagos that doesnt have up till date one single Amotekun force. Why? Because you are afraid of your masters up north.

So why are you now trying to claim the success of Amotekun? When the state who's Amotekun is the most funded is Oyo and a state you people have so much atagonized. Funny enough oyo state is not am apc state and that why the state police was put in quick action.. i believe tinubu is pampering this terroist who knows this terroist might be his unknown voting bloc. After all he have a bokoharam sympathizer as a vice president.

Shior

Lithiumite:
PBAT till 31......eveygovt before you dodged the bullet on this policy but tinubu faced it head on......thats leadership, talk and do,you promised it and you are already making it happen.

happney65:
Story. 6 Govornors of the SW established the Amotekun force. It is only Lagos that doesnt have up till date one single Amotekun force. Why? Because you are afraid of your masters up north.

So why are you now trying to claim the success of Amotekun? When the state who's Amotekun is the most funded is Oyo and a state you people have so much atagonized

Shior

lionshare:
Where is the forest you want to man in Lagos?

Lithiumite:
PBAT till 31......eveygovt before you dodged the bullet on this policy but tinubu faced it head on......thats leadership, talk and do,you promised it and you are already making it happen.

happney65:
Story. 6 Govornors of the SW established the Amotekun force. It is only Lagos that doesnt have up till date one single Amotekun force. Why? Because you are afraid of your masters up north.

So why are you now trying to claim the success of Amotekun? When the state who's Amotekun is the most funded is Oyo and a state you people have so much atagonized

Shior

TopBanter:
Ha.ha ha. Thread over an.hour old.as at the time of this post. Kai, depression don grip those who now know they are finished fleeing their States to be murderous criminals in the land of others.

when State police is inaugurated with a well-armed police force, because it won't be controlled by any biased FG handing peashooters to forces in certain regions while same people are arming bandits and terrorist with AK47, we will
see the fate of foreign bandits and terrorist in the SW.

There is nothing to know about Nigeria if not the realisation an unfair system allow those who love evil and oppressive behaviours.are given unfair advantages to cause misery, death and pain for others because of politics ethnic-religious bigotry etc.

Good people and regions of Nigeria need to be free of those shackles once and for all.

BureauJournal:
Source: https://thebureaujournal.com/national-policing-bill-national-assembly-gbajabiamila/

Lithiumite:
PBAT till 31......eveygovt before you dodged the bullet on this policy but tinubu faced it head on......thats leadership, talk and do,you promised it and you are already making it happen.

iwaeda:
I am beginning to be afraid of state police with this APC team at the helms of affairs. Imagine Wike and Akpabio, just thinking aloud.

Lithiumite:
PBAT till 31......eveygovt before you dodged the bullet on this policy but tinubu faced it head on......thats leadership, talk and do,you promised it and you are already making it happen.

happney65:
Story. Amotekun was set up to Man only forest? It is named "The Western Nigeria Security Network"

So if Lagos knew it wont be a signatory to it and wont activate it why did they join? In case you dont know,The Lagos state house of Assembly has passed it into Law in Lagos yet Lagos doesnt have a single Amotekun force till date

Yeye talk

happney65:
Story. 6 Govornors of the SW established the Amotekun force. It is only Lagos that doesnt have up till date one single Amotekun force. Why? Because you are afraid of your masters up north.

So why are you now trying to claim the success of Amotekun? When the state who's Amotekun is the most funded is Oyo and a state you people have so much atagonized

Shior

Kukutente23:
This is one of the reasons why APC can never make national progress
Too many sycophants posing as patriots
If you had made yourself conversant with the state policing Bill as it is being considered, you would gave known that terrorism will be under the jurisdiction of the Federal police even when state police becomes operational. You would have also known that the extent of armaments that will be allowed for state police will be determined by the national council that's federally controlled
So if your genuine interest as a citizen was to see a state police not just for the sake of it but to fight terrorism in the local domain, you would have been advocating for your favourite politicians to give state police the legal teeth to fight terrorism
But we know your interest is about who is doing it and not what is being done which is why you're already dancing around in ignorance
Pity