A presidential panel has handed a draft National Policing Bill to the Justice Ministry, moving Nigeria one step closer to a formal legal framework for how the country is policed.
The bill proposes a dual structure, one that would seat both a Federal Police Service and State Police Services side by side under constitutional and legislative cover. That means, if passed, policing authority would no longer rest solely at the federal level.
State police has been one of the most debated governance questions in Nigeria for years. This draft puts that conversation into official legislative territory, and what the Justice Ministry does with it next will be worth watching closely.
Originally published by Premium Times.