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Speaker Abbas to sponsor bill for compulsory NASS consultations on electricity as critical problems in  sector must be addressed. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has announced plans by him to propose a law that would make it mandatory for the relevant Federal Government bodies to consult the National Assembly and other stakeholders before fixing Electricity tariff. “Accordingly, I will sponsor a bill to provide administrative procedures that entrench...

Abbas has underscored that the evolving challenges have rendered the existing unitary policing system within the Nigeria Police Force ineffective, thus prompting the demand for the establishment of state police forces. Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has stated that the emerging challenges in the country have rendered the current unitary policing system under the Nigeria Police Force ineffective, leading to calls for its decentralization by way of having state police....

IGP Egbetokun’s views on the creation of State Police contradict the views of former President Jonathan.  The Inspector of General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun has proposed integrating the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as a Department under the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) rather than establishing a State Police structure. Egbetokun made these comments during his address at the National Dialogue on State Policing, hosted by...