REPORTER: JOHN MADUAGWU
Abia State House of Assembly has approved the Constitution Alteration Bill transmitted to it from the National Assembly seeking the establishment and provision of state police services.
The House adopted the bill during its plenary session at the Micheal Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia, where it is sitting temporarily due to ongoing renovation at the House of Assembly Complex.
Speaking before members voted in favour of the alteration, the Speaker, Chief Emmanuel Emeruwa said the executive bill which has since been passed by both chambers of the National Assembly seeks among others to alter the constitution so as to provide the required framework for the establishment of state police services while preserving the Nigeria Police Force as the Federal Police Service.
The legislative body also passed the Abia State of Nigeria Appropriation Amendment bill Into Law following the first and second reading of the Bill and its consideration in the committee of the Whole.
The Bill is for a law to vire the sum of Two Hundred and Seven Billion, Nine Hundred and Sixty-Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Ninety Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Four Naira only in the Appropriation Law No: 1 of 2026 for the services of Government of Abia State of Nigeria for the year ending 31st of December, 2026 and for other related purposes.
Announcing the passage, the Speaker, Mr. Emmanuel Emeruwa, congratulated his colleagues on the smooth passage of the bill into law.
