Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026 (State Police Services)
Passed by both chambers and transmitted on 16 September 2026 to the 36 State Houses of Assembly; it needs approval from at least 24 of them before it can go to the President for assent.
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The bill creates a constitutional pathway for State Police Services, subject to an Act of the National Assembly setting national minimum policing standards. It keeps the Federal Police Service as the default in any state until a State Police Service is established and certified, creates independent State Police Service Commissions, and allows exceptional federal intervention in state policing, including where public order has broken down or there are serious human rights abuses. Daily Trust reported on 29 September 2026 that several states had already passed it.
Who this affects
State governments, the Nigeria Police Force and every resident of Nigeria.
What it changes
- 1State Police Services may be established by states, subject to Acts of the National Assembly on national minimum standards.
- 2The Federal Police Service remains the default police service in any state until a State Police Service is certified operational.
- 3Independent Federal and State Police Service Commissions; federal intervention in state policing possible in cases of breakdown, serious incapacity, a national security threat or egregious abuse.
- 4Alteration needs two-thirds of each chamber and approval by at least 24 of 36 State Houses of Assembly under section 9 of the Constitution.
Passed by both chambers and transmitted on 16 September 2026 to the 36 State Houses of Assembly; it needs approval from at least 24 of them before it can go to the President for assent.
The clause-by-clause text for this bill hasn't been published here yet — only the summary above.
Passed· House
10 June 2026
PLAC: the House passed its version by show of hands on 10 June 2026; the Senate referred the proposal to its Committee on Constitution Review the same day.
Passed· Senate
24 June 2026
Daily Trust (25 Jun 2026): the Senate passed the bill on Wednesday after the President sent an executive version; Tribune gives the date as 24 June 2026.
Passed· House
23 July 2026
Tribune (7 Oct 2026): the House passed the bill on 23 July 2026.
Transmitted to State Houses of Assembly· National Assembly
16 September 2026
Tribune (7 Oct 2026); PLAC dated its copy 18 September 2026.
Official text
The gazetted document
Today in the Assembly
Sittings, motions and divisions, day by day
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