The Senate has extended the deadline for State Houses of Assembly to vote on the proposed State Police Bill to November 15, following approval by 30 states.

Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, announced the development during Wednesday’s plenary, saying the extension would allow the remaining states to complete the voting process.

The 30 approvals have exceeded the constitutional requirement of two-thirds of the 36 state assemblies, equivalent to 24 states, for an amendment to the 1999 Constitution.

States that have approved the bill include Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Imo, Gombe, Kaduna, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara, among others.

Bamidele described the widespread support as evidence of growing national consensus on the establishment of state police services.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio appealed for additional time for the remaining six states, warning that any State Assembly that fails to communicate its position by November 15 would be deemed to have withheld approval.

The Senate unanimously adopted the extension.

The development comes a day after the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, announced that 28 states had approved the proposed constitutional amendment.

The bill, titled the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, seeks to establish State Police Services.

It was transmitted to all 36 State Houses of Assembly on September 16, 2026, with an initial 30-day voting period that expired on October 15.