President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has signed an Executive Order establishing a coordinated regulatory framework for virtual assets in the country.
The move is aimed at strengthening oversight of the country’s growing digital asset ecosystem, protecting investors and curbing financial crimes.
According to a statement issued on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, which takes immediate effect, was signed pursuant to Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution.
Onanuga said the order was introduced to address regulatory fragmentation as virtual assets increasingly cut across the mandates of financial, revenue and capital market regulators.
