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CONSTITUTIONAL ALTERATION THROUGH WHATSAPP?
INSIDE THE HOUSE: QUESTIONS TRAIL THE PURPORTED PASSAGE OF THE STATE POLICE CONSTITUTIONAL ALTERATION BILL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The principle of State Police has continued to attract support from stakeholders who believe that Nigeria’s security realities demand bold constitutional reforms that strengthen public safety, deepen federalism, improve community-based policing, and enhance the protection of lives and property. Properly designed, State Police has the potential to become one of the most significant constitutional reforms in Nigeria’s democratic history.
Although the principle of State Police enjoys support among several stakeholders, concerns have emerged over the process of its establishment, with critics questioning what they described as an opaque, hurried and constitutionally questionable approach.
The Executive bill on State Police was first presented to the house on 14th July 2026 and on the same day, the bill accelerated to second reading.
According to sources, several issues were observed and identified and the leadership of the house were called to some of these issues during plenary on Thursday with the observations.
The issues centred around legal ambiguities, institutional inconsistencies, the need to strengthen accountability safeguards, establish sustainable funding arrangements, and create a constitutional framework capable of withstanding legal scrutiny and operational realities.
Constitutional reform demands careful deliberation, not legislative haste.
Recent legislative experience has demonstrated the consequences of advancing far-reaching national reforms without sufficient consultation, technical review and legislative refinement. The controversies that followed the Tax Reform Bills and aspects of the Electoral Act reform process illustrate how unresolved drafting issues, policy ambiguities and divergent stakeholder interpretations can generate prolonged implementation uncertainty.
These experiences should serve as important lessons, not because the reforms themselves lacked merit, but because constitutional and institutional reforms of national significance require meticulous drafting and rigorous scrutiny before they become law.
Following serious engagements, the leadership gave the assurances that the observations and proposed amendments would be presented and considered during the clause-by-clause examination of the Bill in the Committee of the Whole.
When the house proceeded into the committee of the whole for consideration of the bill, it is argued that the Speaker not only violated legislative procedures but also failed to comply with the constitutional requirements for altering constitutional provisions.
Questions have been raised over the constitutional and procedural process through which the Bill was considered and passed by the House of Representatives.
Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution requires that any legislation seeking to alter the Constitution must be supported by at least a two-thirds majority of members of each chamber of the National Assembly. For the 360-member House of Representatives, this translates to a minimum requirement of 240 affirmative votes.
However, at the time the Bill was considered, concerns were raised that fewer than 240 members were physically present in the Chamber.
Critics of the process argued that the constitutional threshold announced by the Speaker could only have been achieved by including votes attributed to members who were not physically present during the proceedings.
The process also attracted further controversy and scrutiny following the Speaker’s decision to recognise and count votes transmitted through WhatsApp by members who were absent