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.