Tinubu said the committee had been constituted to ensure that an implementation-ready draft bill is prepared immediately after the constitutional amendment process.
From L-R: Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,Ondo State, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo (SAN); DG National Institute of Police Studies, Prof. Olu Ogunsakin; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Operations, Mrs Oyinade Nathan-Marsh; President Nigeria Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN); Chairman NGF Committee on State Police/Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters, Tomi Belgore; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Chief Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi (SAN); Senior Special Assistant to the President on Planning and Research, Mr. Dubem Moghalu; Attorney General Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN); Representative of Inspector General of Police, DIG Isyaku Mohammed; Director General NGF Secretariat, Dr. Adulateef Shittu; Director General Nigeria Law Reform Commission, Prof. Dakas Dakas, in a group photograph after the Inauguration of Presidential Working Group on State Policing, at the State House Abuja. Tuesday, 7th July 2026.
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill to develop the legal framework for the implementation of state police across the country.
According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, inaugurated the committee at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The inauguration followed the National Assembly’s passage of the Constitution Alteration (State Police) Bill, 2026, which proposes a dual policing structure comprising the Federal Police Service and 36 State Police Services.
Onanuga said the President noted that while the constitutional amendment establishes the framework for state police, the National Policing Bill will provide the legal structure for its implementation.
“The Constitution Amendment Bill establishes the framework for dual policing, but it does not operationalise it. That work is left to the National Policing Bill.”
He explained that the proposed legislation would address key issues necessary for the smooth operationalisation of the state police system.
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“The proposed National Policing Bill will include provisions on minimum policing standards, state readiness certification, federal-state coordination, accountability, human rights safeguards and fiscal conditions.”
Tinubu said the committee had been constituted to ensure that an implementation-ready draft bill is prepared immediately after the constitutional amendment process.
From R-L: Chairman NGF Committee on State Police/Governor of Ogun State, HE. Prince Dapo Abiodun; Chief of staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Operations, Mrs Oyinade Nathan-Marsh; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Planning and Research, Dubem Moghalu; Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters, Mr. Tomi Belgore; at the Inauguration of Presidential working Committee on State Policing, at the State House Abuja. Tuesday, 8th July 2026.
“The Working Group has been constituted to produce a technically robust, implementation-ready draft National Policing Bill for transmission to the National Assembly,” he said.
to supporting the committee in producing legislation that would strengthen security while protecting citizens’ rights.
Also present at the inauguration were the Attorneys-General and Commissioners for Justice of Plateau, Lagos and Ondo states, representatives of the Inspector-General of Police and the National Security Adviser, as well as other senior government officials.
