Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The National Assembly has said 28 State Houses of Assembly have approved the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police services across Nigeria, exceeding the minimum number required to alter the 1999 Constitution by four.

The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, said this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the approvals exceed the constitutionally prescribed threshold of two-thirds of the 36 state legislatures.

Under Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution, a bill seeking to alter the Constitution must be approved by resolutions of at least two-thirds of all State Houses of Assembly. This means that at least 24 states must endorse the proposed amendment before the process can ad...