President Bola Tinubu has forwarded three executive bills to the House of Representatives seeking changes to Nigeria’s drug enforcement laws, transport accident investigation system and public service leadership training.
The proposals were conveyed in separate letters dated October 12, 2026, and read by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, during Thursday’s plenary session. The Speaker’s office reportedly received the letters on October 13, with the documents marked “Restricted”.
Tinubu submitted the bills pursuant to Section 58(2) of the Constitution, requesting lawmakers to give them “expeditious consideration”.
One of the proposals, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Bill, 2026, seeks to repeal the existing NDLEA Act and the Indian Hemp Act, replacing them with a consolidated legal framework for drug control and enforcement.
According to the President, the proposed legislation would “enact a consolidated framework to enforce the law against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs”.
He added that the bill would also “empower the Agency to investigate persons suspected to have dealings in drugs”.
The proposed law is intended to bring provisions currently spread across separate legislation into a single framework governing the agency’s activities and responsibilities.
The second bill, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau Bill, 2026, seeks to amend the law establishing the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), including changes to its supervisory structure and operational responsibilities.
Tinubu said the proposed 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 extend the bureau’s investigative responsibilities beyond aviation accidents to incidents involving other modes of transportation. The agency would also be expected to make recommendations aimed at preventing similar accidents from recurring.
The third proposal, the National School of Government Bill, 2026, seeks to repeal the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Act and establish a new institution focused on leadership development and public sector capacity building.
Explaining the objective of the bill, Tinubu said 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 institution would focus on improving the leadership skills of public officials, strengthening administrative capacity and enhancing the implementation of government policies.
ASCON currently provides management training, research and consultancy services to organisations in both the public and private sectors.
The three bills are expected to undergo legislative scrutiny, including consideration by relevant committees of the House of Representatives.
The proposed reforms will only become law after completing the constitutionally prescribed legislative process.
