President Bola Tinubu has sent three executive bills to the House of Representatives in a major push to reshape Nigeria’s drug enforcement, transport safety investigation and public service training.
The bills, dated October 12, 2026, were conveyed in separate letters read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during plenary on Thursday. The letters, marked “Restricted,” were received by the Office of the Speaker on October 13.
Tinubu said the bills were forwarded pursuant to Section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and urged lawmakers to give them “expeditious consideration” .
The first proposal, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Bill 2026, seeks to repeal the existing NDLEA Act and the Indian Hemp Act, both from 2004, and replace them with a single consolidated legal framework for drug law enforcement. According to the President, the bill aims to enforce the law against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs, while empowering the agency to investigate persons suspected of drug-related dealings .
The second bill, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (Amendment) Bill 2026, seeks to amend the NSIB Establishment Act of 2022 to reposition the bureau as an independent, multimodal safety investigation authority. The proposed amendment would expand its mandate beyond aviation accidents and incidents to cover rail, maritime and other transport occurrences. It also seeks to transfer supervisory oversight of the bureau to the Presidency and strengthen its institutional, operational and administrative powers .
The third proposal, the National School of Government Bill 2026, seeks to repeal the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria Act and establish the National School of Government, Nigeria. Tinubu said the new institution would serve as a national centre for leadership development, policy delivery and executive capacity building .
The three bills will now undergo the House of Representatives’ legislative process, including consideration by relevant committees. Their transmission marks the beginning of the legislative journey, and the proposed changes will require approval by the legislature and completion of constitutional requirements before becoming law.
