Cross River Assembly takes first reading of state police amendment
Summarised from reporting by BusinessDay. Figures trace to that report; check it before relying on them.
The House received the National Assembly's constitution alteration on state police as a working document and began its process.
The Cross River State House of Assembly has begun considering the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow states to set up their own police services, BusinessDay reports.
The bill, transmitted by the National Assembly to all 36 State Houses of Assembly, would provide a constitutional framework for State Police Services while keeping the Nigeria Police Force as the Federal Police Service. The transmission included the bill and the votes and proceedings of both federal chambers.
At plenary, members moved and seconded a motion for the correspondence to be received and laid on the table, and the House agreed to take it as a working document. Speaker Elvert Ayambem said it would go through the normal process of consideration and debate before the House takes a position. The House then took the bill's first reading.
Under the Constitution, an alteration of this kind needs the approval of at least two-thirds of the state assemblies, that is 24 of the 36, before it can take effect.
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