The House of Representatives has set Thursday, June 11th for the vote on a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish State Police in Nigeria.
Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, and Chairman, Constitution Review Committee, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
All lawmakers were charged to be present at the plenary on Thursday to take part in the voting.
The lawmaker said the move is among measures to address the growing insecurity in the country. The House had decided to give priority to the issue of state police over other bills, Kalu told the press briefing.
He said the House has directed all members who are now out of Abuja for oversight to suspend same and come back to the parliament on Thursday for the voting procedure.
The Deputy Speaker and 14 other House members sponsor the House bill on State Police.
Recall that the Presidency had said last Thursday that significant progress had been made towards the establishment of state police in Nigeria.
The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, said constitutional amendments required for the implementation of state police were expected soon.
Gbajabiamila spoke after the Presidency had convened a consultative meeting on state police at the State House in Abuja.
Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said discussions on the state police framework started several months ago after a directive by President Tinubu.
He said the process had now reached the stage of contemplating the needed constitutional amendments.
