History is about to be made. After decades of debate, Nigeria is now one step away from having state police.

Big news from the National Assembly - and this one directly affects your security.

According to cbinews.tv, the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, has confirmed that 28 State Houses of Assembly have now approved the Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to establish State Police.

The Bill was sent to all 36 states on 16 September 2026, with a 30-day window that ended on 15 October. Even though not all states have responded, 28 have said YES - that's well above the 24 states (two-thirds) required under Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution.

What happens now? The NASS says it has verified all the votes and proceedings and will now transmit the Bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent.

This isn't new. Nigeria has run a centralised police system since independence in 1960, with just one federal police force of about 370,000 officers policing over 230 million people - one of the lowest police-to-citizen ratios in the world.

Calls for state police have grown louder since 2012 due to insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and farmer-herder clashes, with proponents arguing local officers understand local terrain, language and intelligence better. Opponents have always feared political abuse by governors.

For the market trader in Gusau, the farmer in Benue, or the student in Owerri who waits hours for help after a distress call, this could change everything. It means security decisions could finally be made closer to home, with officers who actually know the community.

It also deepens true federalism - a system where states have more control over their own affairs, just like in the US or India.

Presidential Assent: Once Tinubu signs it, it becomes law under the Acts Authentication Act.

Framework Law: The National Assembly will still need to pass a new Police Act detailing recruitment, funding, oversight and how state and federal police will work together without clashing.

Implementation: States will then set up their own Police Service Commissions and recruitment processes.

It's a huge constitutional shift - the Sixth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution - and arguably the biggest security reform in 60 years.

As cbinews.tv reports, NASS says it will keep accepting reports from the remaining states until transmission, but the threshold is already met.

The ball is now in the President's court.

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