The number of states that have endorsed the state police bill has risen to 24, meeting the constitutional requirement for the legislation to proceed toward becoming law.
According to information gathered by Vanguard, the bill has now secured the minimum endorsement of 24 state assemblies required under the Constitution. Deliberations are still ongoing in several other states, with additional approvals expected in the coming week
Below is a complete list of the states that have approved and the one being awaited:
24 states that have approved bill
- Adamawa State
- Delta State
- Edo State
- Kwara State
- Nasarawa State
- Ogun State
- Osun State
- Oyo State
- Plateau State
Many Northern states pass state police bill into law; others dither
- Rivers State
- Taraba State
- Zamfara State
- Enugu
- Anambra
- Imo
- Ekiti
- Kebbi
- Akwa Ibom
- Bayelsa
- Benue
- Cross River
- Abia
- Yobe
- Kaduna
States being awaited
- Lagos
- Ondo
- Ebonyi
- Kogi
- Niger
- Borno
- Gombe
- Bauchi
- Jigawa
- Katsina
- Kano
- Sokoto