Nigeria’s National Assembly has passed a constitutional alteration bill seeking to establish state police forces, a move debated for decades. Bill No. 7, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution…to Provide for the Establishment of State Police…”, has been sent to the executive for consideration. The proposed legislation responds to growing insecurity and questions about the effectiveness of the current centralised police system in a nation of over 200 million people. This sixth alteration to the 1999 Constitution aims to decentralize policing, allowing individual states to manage their own security forces. Previous attempts to establish state policing have failed, but escalating security challenges have renewed momentum for the change. The bill’s passage marks a significant step towards potentially reshaping law enforcement in Nigeria. It remains to be seen whether the executive branch will approve the alterations.