The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police in the country.
Lawan Dala, majority leader of the Kano assembly, on
Wednesday said the house approved the bill after adopting amendments made by
the House of Representatives.
Kano joins the growing list of states that have approved the
proposed constitutional amendment. On October 23, TheCable reported that 25
state houses of assembly had endorsed the bill.
The states are Ogun, Delta, Plateau, Kwara, Adamawa, Edo,
Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Zamfara, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross
River, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Taraba, Yobe and Kebbi.
The endorsements exceeded the constitutional threshold of 24
states required to amend the constitution under section 9(2).
Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution requires a
constitutional amendment to secure the support of at least two-thirds majority
of the members of each chamber of the national assembly and approval through
resolutions of the houses of at least two-thirds of 36 states.
On Tuesday, Lagos and Jigawa houses of assembly also
endorsed the proposed amendment.
KANO ASSEMBLY REVIEWED 2026 BUDGET
In a related development, the Kano house of assembly also
approved a request by Abba Yusuf, governor of the state, to review the 2026
budget downward following changes in revenue projections.
The Kano lawmakers reduced the state’s N1.477 trillion by
N255 billion. The review brings the 2026 budget to N1.222 trillion.
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