Tinubu transmits govt payments to overtake NDLEA, NSIB and substitute ASCON

President Bola Tinubu has submitted three govt payments to the House of Representatives proposing modifications to drug legislation enforcement, transport security investigations and public service management coaching. The proposals had been conveyed in separate letters dated October 12, 2026, and browse by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas throughout Thursday’s plenary. The Speaker’s workplace obtained the letters, marked “Restricted”, on October 13.

Tinubu stated the payments had been submitted underneath Section 58(2) of the Constitution and requested their “expeditious consideration”. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Bill, 2026, proposes repealing the prevailing NDLEA Act and the Indian Hemp Act and changing them with a consolidated authorized framework.

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

The proposal would deliver provisions at the moment contained in separate legal guidelines right into a single statutory framework governing the company’s operations. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau Bill, 2026, seeks to amend the bureau’s institution legislation and switch its supervisory oversight to the Presidency.

Tinubu stated the modification 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 modifications would broaden the bureau’s obligations for investigating transport accidents and incidents and making suggestions to forestall their recurrence. The third proposal, the National School of Government Bill, 2026, would repeal the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria Act and set up a substitute establishment.

According to Tinubu, it could “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 college would concentrate on creating management abilities, strengthening public officers’ capabilities and enhancing coverage implementation.

ASCON at the moment offers administration coaching, analysis and consultancy providers for public- and private-sector organisations. The three payments will bear legislative consideration, together with scrutiny by related House committees. The proposed modifications will take impact solely after the constitutional necessities for enactment have been accomplished.