President Bola Tinubu inaugurates a Presidential Working Group to draft the National Policing Bill, a legal framework intended to operationalize Nigeria’s planned dual policing system, including state police. The committee is chaired by Femi Gbajabiamila, acting as Tinubu’s representative, and includes the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, the National Security Adviser, the Inspector-General of Police, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, and representatives of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Tinubu explains that the recently passed Constitution Alteration (State Police) Bill provides the constitutional foundation, but the National Policing Bill is needed to implement the arrangement. He says the bill will address issues such as policing standards, accountability mechanisms, human rights safeguards, and federal-state coordination. Speakers from participating institutions describe the move as timely for Nigeria’s security challenges and emphasize the need for safeguards to prevent misuse of state police powers. The governors’ representative indicates plans to push for speedy ratification and passage of the related constitutional amendment and the follow-up bill in state assemblies, citing public demand for more community-based policing and pointing to existing localized security arrangements.