Gombe Assembly approves state police

The Gombe State House of Assembly has endorsed proposed constitutional amendments to supply a framework for establishing state police providers in Nigeria.

According to a report of Thursday’s proceedings, lawmakers adopted suggestions submitted by a seven-member advert hoc committee on constitutional overview, bringing the reported variety of state legislatures supporting state police to 25. The endorsement adopted an earlier assertion by the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Baba Manu, that the invoice had not been formally offered to lawmakers.

The proposed constitutional alteration, containing 26 clauses, was reportedly transmitted by the National Assembly on October 6, 2026, for consideration below Section 9(2) of the Constitution. It seeks to permit state police providers to function alongside the federally managed Nigeria Police Force.

The Assembly appointed a seven-member committee, chaired by Deputy Speaker Sadam Bello Sale, to look at the proposals and advocate a place to the House. Presenting the report, Sale mentioned the committee had consulted related stakeholders. He added that its suggestions acquired the assist of a two-thirds majority of lawmakers, citing Order 17, Rule 3 of the Assembly’s Standing Orders, 2020.

Lawmakers subsequently thought-about the suggestions on the Committee of the Whole and adopted the report, together with provisions regarding state police. Other committee members had been Musa Buaba, Shuaibu Adamu Haruna, Golkos Gaius Gaji, Abdullahi Abubakar, Muhammad Tahir and Adamu Sale Pata. Hauwa Abdullahi and Babadidi J. Mele served as secretaries.

Speaker Abubakar Muhammad Luggerewo mentioned members unanimously supported the proposed framework and expressed confidence that state police would enhance safety. He recommended lawmakers for his or her dedication to the constitutional overview course of and the discharge of their legislative duties.