President Bola Tinubu has signed a new Executive Order establishing a coordinated national framework for regulating virtual assets in Nigeria, creating a CBN-led oversight council to harmonise oversight across financial, capital market, revenue, intelligence and national security agencies.
The Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, which took effect immediately upon signing, seeks to eliminate regulatory fragmentation in Nigeria’s fast-growing virtual assets ecosystem while strengthening consumer protection, safeguarding the financial system and supporting responsible innovation.
Announcing the development in a State House statement issued today, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the Order was signed pursuant to Section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
According to the Presidency, the Executive Order responds to an increasingly complex regulatory environment where virtual assets “blur the traditional boundaries between currencies, money, commodities and securities.”
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