The members of the Senator Bukola Saraki- led Nigerian Senate have on Wednesday,
voted to support the bill to change the name
of the Nigeria Police Force to become
Nigerian Police.
According to a Tweet TORI News culled from
the lawmaker’s page (@NGRSenate) in the
vote on the name change, 87 senators voted
for YES while 2 voted for NO with 1
abstaining.
The amendment was made during the
debate on report for constitution review
which had been earlier adopted adopted by
the joint session of the committees of both
the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
But the alterations by the National Assembly
have to be signed into law by the Nigerian
president before they become effective.
