The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has submitted the draft National Policing Bill, 2026, alongside 29 consequential modification payments, to the Federal Ministry of Justice for legislative drafting overview and validation.
The submission was made on 19 October 2026 to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, in step with the working group’s authorised work plan.
The proposed laws seeks to determine a constitutional and legislative framework for a twin policing construction comprising a Federal Police Service and State Police Services.
Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in an announcement issued on Tuesday.
He mentioned the submission marked the completion of the working group’s project’s drafting stage, including that the Ministry of Justice would overview the payments to make sure compliance with legislative drafting requirements and conventions and to forestall conflicts with present legal guidelines.
According to the assertion, the ministry is predicted to return the validated draft payments to the working group on or earlier than Friday, 30 October 2026.
The working group will subsequently give the validated payments closing consideration earlier than presenting them to President Bola Tinubu, thereby concluding its mandate.
Gbajabiamila mentioned the working group remained dedicated to a rigorous and clear course of that might produce a complete legislative proposal for the President’s consideration and subsequent transmission to the National Assembly.
He added that preparations for the National Policing Bill had been continuing alongside the continued consideration of the (*29*) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, by the state Houses of Assembly.
The constitutional modification course of have to be accomplished earlier than the invoice may be transmitted to the National Assembly.
The proposed twin policing construction would offer for separate federal and state police companies inside the framework to be established by the laws.
The draft invoice and its accompanying amendments are but to finish the overview and validation course of, and the working group is predicted to current the finalised proposals to the President after the ministry’s overview.
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