Nigeria, July 20 -- The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has indicated it may adopt the version of the state police bill already passed by the Senate to fast-track the constitutional amendment process.

The Chairman of the committee and Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this on Monday at the commencement of the committee's consideration of President Bola Tinubu's executive bill seeking to establish state police, signalling closer collaboration between both chambers of the National Assembly on one of the administration's flagship constitutional reform proposals.

The committee's deliberation comes less than a week after President Tinubu formally transmitted the Executive Bill to the House.

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