Nigeria, June 11 -- The House of Representatives will vote today on the proposed creation of state police.

The bill on state police is one of the constitutional amendment bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly.

It is titled," A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to provide for the establishment of state police, and for related matters (Sixth Alteration) 2026."

It is part of ongoing constitutional amendment proposals, seeking to formally introduce state and community policing structures, following growing concerns that the current centralised policing system has been unable to curb insurgency, banditry and kidnapping across the country effectively.

The proposal has ge...