INSECURITY: Ekiti Assembly approves constitutional amendment for establishment of state police

In response to the menace of national insecurity, the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the establishment of state police.

This clearance was given during the ongoing fifth amendment to the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution.
In order to maintain system stability, the National Assembly and Assembly Speaker Funminiyi Afuye agreed to change the rules that govern how the primary officers of the Houses of Assembly should be dismissed from their positions.

It should be recalled that the House of Assembly received the constitutional change bill in March 2022 for any necessary suggestions.

Speaking to journalists, Gboyega Aribisogan, who is the assembly Leader of Government Business, said the ratification of the alteration to the issue of law reform in the country was meant to improve the qualities of laws guiding the arms of government.

Aribisogan said: “At the plenary today, the Assembly approved some areas being considered for amendment to the 1999 constitution by the National Assembly. What we did was just a concurrence to the amendments and not further alterations to what had been done by the National Assembly.

“These include the approval for the Law mandating the state to have state police to improve security across the county. We also approved a law stating the procedure to be followed for the removal of the principal officers of the Houses of Assembly to ensure stability and improve the quality of governance.

“The Assembly also unanimously approved the alteration to the constitution allowing State to have a law backing the establishment of State Judicial Council just like the National Judicial Council at the federal level so that the Judiciary can be autonomous.”