Moves items from the Exclusive to the Concurrent Legislative List — letting states legislate on matters like railways, power and other subjects currently reserved to the Federal Government. Among the 37 priority Sixth Alteration bills considered in the June 2026 review.
This is a bill, not a signed Act. It must clear every step below before becoming law.
A group of proposals to rebalance Nigeria's federation by shifting responsibilities from the Federal Government to the states. In practice this means transferring subjects from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List — areas such as railways, electricity/power and other services — so state governments can legislate and act on them directly. Devolution is one of the roughly 37 priority proposals the National Assembly selected from the 260 that passed second reading in the ongoing Sixth Alteration review, and was among the bills lined up for the House's June 2026 constitution-amendment votes. As a constitutional amendment it needs two-thirds passage in both chambers and ratification by at least 24 State Houses of Assembly before assent.