Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday gave its approval to the bill seeking to establish state-level police forces.
This resolution followed the voting on the floor during the plenary session, presided over by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas.
According to Abbas, 288 lawmakers voted in support of the bill, while four were against it, a day after the lawmakers dedicated Thursday to debating the bill.
The lawmakers voted on the bill by a show of hands as the speaker explained that the electronic voting system is not functional.
CHANNELS TV reports that the Senate passed the bill on the establishment of state police through second reading.
It deferred the debate to the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review. During the plenary, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said the lawmakers will vote on the bill during their next sitting.
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