The Presidential Working Group on Police Reform has said the proposed National Policing Bill is about 90 per cent ready for transmission to the National Assembly, with only a few outstanding issues expected to be resolved before its submission.
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Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Working Group, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursday after a meeting of the steering committee at the State House, Abuja.
Gbajabiamila said the committee was nearing the conclusion of its work on the legislation and could hold one final meeting to address outstanding observations raised by state governors.
“The National Policing Bill is more or less ready for transmission to the National Assembly. We will probably have one more meeting after this to cross the t’s and dot the i’s and make sure every area is covered. So, we are 90% ready,” he said.
“The governors have one or two observations, and we should be ready in about a week or so.”
The Working Group expects the bill to be transmitted to the National Assembly within two weeks.
Gbajabiamila described the proposed legislation as “the most consequential Bill of the administration so far,” noting that it had undergone extensive deliberations since the steering committee began its work on August 3.
The proposed legislation forms part of the Federal Government’s broader police reform initiative and comes amid moves to amend the Constitution to provide a legal framework for state policing.
Speaking on concerns that some states could delay action on the Sixth Constitution Alteration Bill dealing with state police, Gbajabiamila said he believed there was widespread agreement on the need for the reform.
According to him, about six states had so far passed the proposed constitutional amendment out of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Gbajabiamila nevertheless expressed confidence that more states would support the proposal, describing the push for changes to the policing structure as enjoying what he called a “national consensus.”
“I see no reason why anyone will want to have a rethink on it,” he said.
The meeting was attended by Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun; Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani; and Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice was represented by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Beatrice Jedy-Agba.
Other members of the committee include the Chairman of the Policy Advisory Committee, Justice Abdullahi Liman (retd.); Head of the Nigeria Police Reform Secretariat, Olu Ogunsakin; Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters in the House of Representatives, Lanre Smart; and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Planning and Research and Secretary of the Committee, Nnadubem Moghalu.
A representative of the Nigerian Bar Association and AIG Abraham Thomas, representing the National Security Adviser, are also members of the committee.
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