FULL LIST: 24 states that have approved state police

Twenty-four State Houses of Assembly have approved a proposed constitutional amendment to establish state police in Nigeria, meeting the two-thirds majority required to advance the reform.

The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill disclosed this in a statement issued by its chairman and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday, October 23.

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“The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill notes with satisfaction that the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, providing for a dual policing system, has been approved by 24 State Houses of Assembly, meeting the constitutional threshold of two-thirds of the 36 states,” the statement reads in part.

The working group commended the state assemblies for supporting the proposed reform and acknowledged the National Assembly for passing the amendment in both chambers.

The 24 states that have approved the proposed constitutional amendment are:

1. Adamawa
2. Delta
3. Edo
4. Kwara
5. Nasarawa
6. Ogun
7. Osun
8. Oyo
9. Plateau
10. Rivers
11. Taraba
12. Zamfara
13. Enugu
14. Anambra
15. Imo
16. Ekiti
17. Kebbi
18. Akwa Ibom
19. Bayelsa
20. Benue
21. Cross River
22. Abia
23. Yobe
24. Kaduna

The development comes days after Gbajabiamila said the proposed National Policing Bill was 90 per cent ready for transmission to the National Assembly, with the Federal Government expecting to submit it within two weeks.