The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the National Policing Bill is 90 percent ready for transmission to the National Assembly.
Gbajabiamila, who chairs the Presidential Working Group on policing, disclosed this after a steering committee meeting at the State House in Abuja.
According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Gbajabiamila said the bill would be sent to lawmakers within two weeks after the committee concludes its deliberations. He described the proposed legislation as the most consequential bill of the administration so far, noting that the steering committee had been deliberating on it since August 3rd.
