Tinubu transmits executive bills to overhaul NDLEA, NSIB and replace ASCON

President Bola Tinubu has submitted three executive bills to the House of Representatives proposing changes to drug law enforcement, transport safety investigations and public service leadership training. The proposals were conveyed in separate letters dated October 12, 2026, and read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during Thursday’s plenary. The Speaker’s office received the letters, marked “Restricted”, on October 13.

Tinubu said the bills were submitted under Section 58(2) of the Constitution and requested their “expeditious consideration”. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Bill, 2026, proposes repealing the existing NDLEA Act and the Indian Hemp Act and replacing them with a consolidated legal framework.

Tinubu said the legislation would “enact a consolidated framework to enforce the law against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs”. It would also “empower the Agency to investigate persons suspected to have dealings in drugs”, he added.

The proposal would bring provisions currently contained in separate laws into a single statutory framework governing the agency’s operations. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau Bill, 2026, seeks to amend the bureau’s establishment law and transfer its supervisory oversight to the Presidency.

Tinubu said the amendment would “reposition the Bureau as an independent multimodal safety investigation authority, expand its mandate beyond aviation to encompass rail, maritime and other transport occurrences, transfer supervisory oversight to the Presidency, and strengthen its institutional, operational and administrative mandates”.

The proposed changes would broaden the bureau’s responsibilities for investigating transport accidents and incidents and making recommendations to prevent their recurrence. The third proposal, the National School of Government Bill, 2026, would repeal the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria Act and establish a replacement institution.

According to Tinubu, it would “enact the National School of Government Act to establish the National School of Government, Nigeria, as a national institution for leadership, development, policy delivery and executive capacity building”. The proposed school would focus on developing leadership skills, strengthening public officials’ capabilities and improving policy implementation.

ASCON currently provides management training, research and consultancy services for public- and private-sector organisations. The three bills will undergo legislative consideration, including scrutiny by relevant House committees. The proposed changes will take effect only after the constitutional requirements for enactment have been completed.