Beyond Transmitting State Policing Bill to 36 State Houses of Assembly

The National Assembly has transmitted the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, to the 36 State Houses of Assembly for consideration. The transmission, effected on September 16 by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, formally brings state legislatures into the constitutional alteration process. At least 24 states must approve the bill before it can advance. While state policing dominates the exercise, dozens of other reform proposals remain before federal lawmakers.

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