Description

President Tinubu recently announced in a state address that he is calling the National Assembly to begin looking at our laws and putting in place the legislation required for states who require state police to be able to establish one. 

This is a statement that should not just be taken on face value but taken with all seriousness. Taken seriously, President Tinubu is saying he will sign into law any bills presented to him that ensures states can now create their own policing systems, fund them, arm them and prevent the kidnapping of people and the protection of lives and property. 

Members of the House of Reps and Senators however have to do their jobs in sending him a bill. This campaign is an effort to drive National Assembly members to begin working on a state police bill. 

Objective

Get NASS Members to begin working on a law establishing the right of states to create a State Police, Fund them, arm them appropriately for the protection of lives and property.

Message

Dear Hon

I am writing to you as a concerned constituent who has watched, with deep anxiety and heartbreak, the rapid deterioration of security across our country. From repeated school kidnappings, to the closure of Unity Schools, to the daily terror inflicted by bandits on commuters and rural communities, it has become undeniable that the current centralised policing model has failed to protect Nigerians.

Our families are living in fear. Parents now wonder whether their children will return home safely. Entire communities are fleeing ancestral lands. This is not the Nigeria we were promised, and it is certainly not the Nigeria we deserve.

In light of President Tinubu’s recent call for the National Assembly to examine existing laws and send him a bill enabling the establishment of State Police, I am urging you—directly and unequivocally—to take decisive legislative action on this matter. The President has placed the responsibility in the hands of the National Assembly. The country is waiting. We cannot afford another delay, another committee, or another cycle of empty political statements while lives are being destroyed.

The evidence is overwhelming: no large federal republic in the world manages security effectively from a single national command centre. Policing is, by design, a local function. It requires proximity, familiarity with terrain and communities, and accountability to those directly affected. Nigeria’s current structure does not allow this. Our insecurity crisis is, in many ways, a structural failure, not merely an operational one.

As my representative, I am asking you to stand firmly on the side of the people by championing and voting for a constitutional amendment that will establish State Police with clear checks and balances to prevent abuse. I ask that you use your voice, your platform, and your influence in the House to ensure that this reform is not watered down, delayed, or buried in political negotiations.

This moment is a test of leadership. History will record those who stood on the side of public safety, constitutional progress, and national survival—and those who did not.

Please act with the urgency this crisis demands. Nigerians need State Police. We needed it ten years ago. We need it today. We cannot survive another decade without it.

I look forward to your public support for this reform and your active role in delivering a State Police framework that will safeguard the lives of the people you represent.

Thank you for your service to our constituency and to the nation.

Yours sincerely,