Section 1 — Establishment and objects of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as “the College”) which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.

(2) The objects of the College shall be—

(a) to provide higher management training for the development of senior executives for the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy;

(b) to provide and arrange for a comparative study and investigation of the principles and techniques of management and administration, and for exchange of ideas and experiences and for promotion of a better understanding between persons connected with management and administration in the various spheres of national life;

(c) to conduct research into problems of management and administration arising in different spheres of national life;

(d) to award grants, scholarships or travel fellowships for research in public administration and allied subjects;

(e) to establish and maintain a library;

(f) to undertake, organise and facilitate study courses, conferences, lectures, seminars and the like, and to promote the aforesaid objects; and

(g) to undertake and provide for the publication of journals and of research papers and books in furtherance of the aforesaid objects.