President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill to develop the legal framework for the implementation of state police across the country.
According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, inaugurated the committee at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The inauguration followed the National Assembly’s passage of the Constitution Alteration (State Police) Bill, 2026, which proposes a dual policing structure comprising the Federal Police Service and 36 State Police Services.
Onanuga said the President noted that while the constitutional amendment establishes the framework for state police, the National Policing Bill will provide the legal structure for its implementation.
“The Constitution Amendment Bill establishes the framework for dual policing, but it does not operationalise it. That work is left to the National Policing Bill.”
He explained that the proposed legislation would address key issues necessary for the smooth operationalisation of the state police system.
“The proposed National Policing Bill will include provisions on minimum policing standards, state readiness certification, federal-state coordination, accountability, human rights safeguards and fiscal conditions.”
