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State Police: Operational Hurdles Threaten Takeoff
Approval by 30 state assemblies clears the way for constitutional change, as advocates say Nigeria’s police force is too small for its security crisis.
By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s proposed transition to a decentralised policing system is entering a critical phase, with attention shifting from constitutional approval of state police to the legislative, financial and institutional arrangements required to make the new security architecture operational. Although the National Assembly has transmitted the constitutional amendment to President Bola Tinubu for …