Nigeria’s Senate, through its spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu, again confirmed on October 27 the National Assembly will pass the State Police Bill before the Christmas break. Many, though, worry about the closeness of the October 29 deadline Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila said the bill preparation will conclude.

The bill has gone through a number of stages from its inception.

Below are seven basic things, according to the National Policing Bill website, you can learn about it:

1. APC Sen. And Sen. Leader Opeyemi Bamidele introduced the alteration in policing as stated in the constitution—the 2026 Constitution Alteration Bill. President Bola Tinubu introduced implementation plan for the National Policing Bill. Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila heads the Presidential Technical Working Group.
2. No fewer than 24 houses of assembly have adopted the amended constitution.
3. The bill has 17 themes, including its constitutional status, minimum policing. standards, certification, enforcement, state policing architecture, police Act restructuring, model state law, ranking, systems, use of force, human rights safeguards, federal intervention, funding, existing security structures, amendments, prison systems.
4. The Gbajabiamila-led working group drafted the bill, and will soon transmit it to the National Assembly as an executive bill.
5. The National assembly considers it, calls for public hearing, passes it, and transmits back for presidential assent.
6. Interested states its own law models on the national bill.
7. The state version undergoes certification against minimum standard before it comes into effect.