President Bola Tinubu has submitted legislation to the Senate proposing the establishment of a National School of Government, Nigeria, through the repeal of the existing law governing the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the presidential communication during plenary on Wednesday. The proposed National School of Government Bill 2026 seeks to replace the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria Act, listed as A-4 in the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
In transmitting the proposal, Tinubu invoked Section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and requested prompt legislative consideration. He said the proposed school would serve as a national institution dedicated to leadership development, executive capacity building and the practical delivery of government policies.
The administration’s stated objective is to strengthen the ability of public officials to turn policy decisions into results. That would place professional development and leadership training at the centre of the proposed institution’s mandate.
After presenting the letter, Akpabio informed senators that the bill’s clauses and supporting provisions accompanied the communication. He referred the proposal to the Senate Committee on Rules and Business for the next procedural steps.
Submission of the bill does not amount to its passage or the immediate abolition of ASCON’s existing legal framework. The Senate must still consider the proposed legislation under its established processes, and further steps would be required before any new statutory arrangement could take effect.
The presidential letter as described in the supplied report did not specify the proposed school’s location, financing, governance model or detailed relationship with other institutions already training public servants. Those matters would need to be assessed from the bill’s full text and during legislative scrutiny.
The proposal now awaits parliamentary consideration, with its eventual form dependent on the decisions of lawmakers.
