FULL LIST: 24 states approve state police bill, 12 yet to endorse

Twenty-four Nigerian states have approved the state police bill, meeting the constitutional requirement for endorsement by two-thirds of the country’s 36 state legislatures.

According to Vanguard, 14 southern and 10 northern states have endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment, while 12 states are yet to approve it.

More state assemblies are expected to conclude deliberations next week.

24 states that have approved the bill

1. Adamawa
2. Delta
3. Edo
4. Kwara
5. Nasarawa
6. Ogun
7. Osun
8. Oyo
9. Plateau
10. Rivers
11. Taraba
12. Zamfara
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

12 states yet to approve the bill

1. Lagos
2. Ondo
3. Ebonyi
4. Kogi
5. Niger
6. Borno
7. Gombe
8. Bauchi
9. Jigawa
10. Katsina
11. Kano
12. Sokoto

The bill seeks to establish state police services alongside federal policing structures to strengthen security nationwide.