FULL LIST: 24 states ratify State Police as bill gets 2/3rd needed to become law

More states have ratified the bill, which seeks to give subnational governments more authority, control, and responsibility over security matters within their domains as Nigeria moves to restructure and decentralise its policing architecture and framework.

Recall that the National Assembly passed the state police Bill into law in June.

Twenty-four states have now approved the state police bill. In other words, the constitutional threshold of 2/3rd of the 36 states needed for the state police bill to become law has been achieved.

More states are expected to approve the bill next after the constitutionally required 24-state endorsement benchmark was met.

Below is a complete list of the states that have approved the bill and the one being awaited:

24 states that have approved the bill

1. Adamawa State

2. Delta State

3. Edo State

4. Kwara State

5. Nasarawa State

6. Ogun State

7. Osun State

8. Oyo State

9. Plateau State

. Rivers State

11. Taraba State

12. Zamfara State

13. Enugu

14. Anambra

15. Imo

16. Ekiti

17. Kebbi

18. Akwa Ibom

19. Bayelsa

20. Benue

21. Cross River

22. Abia

23. Yobe

24. Kaduna

States being awaited

1. Lagos

2. Ondo

3. Ebonyi

4. Kogi

5. Niger

6. Borno

7. Gombe

8. Bauchi

9. Jigawa

10. Katsina

11. Kano

12. Sokoto

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