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The proposed constitutional amendment to establish state police in Nigeria has hit a major milestone, as 24 State Houses of Assembly have officially voted in favor of the bill, fulfilling the mandatory two-thirds constitutional benchmark required for the alteration to take effect.
Under Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), any constitutional alteration requires endorsement from at least 24 of the 36 state legislatures before it can be transmitted back to the National Assembly for passage and executive assent.
The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, chaired by Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila, confirmed that the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, has formally met the legal threshold to establish a dual policing framework across the federation.
Below is the detailed state-by-state breakdown of the assemblies that have approved the reform and those whose deliberations remain pending:
24 States That Have Approved the Bill:
- Adamawa State
- Delta State
- Edo State
- Kwara State
- Nasarawa State
- Ogun State
- Osun State
- Oyo State
- Plateau State
- Rivers State
- Taraba State
- Zamfara State
- Enugu State
- Anambra State
- Imo State
- Ekiti State
- Kebbi State
- Akwa Ibom State
- Bayelsa State
- Benue State
- Cross River State
- Abia State
- Yobe State
- Kaduna State
States Awaited:
- Lagos State
- Ondo State
- Ebonyi State
- Kogi State
- Niger State
- Borno State
- Gombe State
- Bauchi State
- Jigawa State
- Katsina State
- Kano State
- Sokoto State
With the required two-thirds majority secured, additional state assemblies are expected to complete committee reviews and plenary votes in the coming days as the bill advances toward presidential assent.
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