The National Assembly says only the bill to establish state police is transmitted to Nigeria’s 36 state Houses of Assembly. The clarification follows earlier statements about transmitting constitutional alteration proposals to states, with the Assembly now specifying that just one bill has been sent.
The clarification is contained in a statement issued by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana. He states that the National Assembly had announced the transmission on 16 September and that what was transmitted to the states is limited to the Constitution alteration bill related to state police.
Both reports describe the same point: the National Assembly is correcting or narrowing the interpretation of its earlier transmission announcement. The outlets do not present differing substantive details about the bill itself, focusing instead on clarifying the number and nature of the legislation transmitted to state legislatures.
