President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for another five-year term.
According to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, “Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your onerous efforts to rid our country of the menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse.We urge you not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs, out to destroy our people, especially the young ones.”
Marwa was first appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, after serving as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.
The renewed appointment means he will remain at the helm of the NDLEA until 2031.
A former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, Marwa is an alumnus of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Since his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1973, he has served in key military and diplomatic roles, including Brigade Major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Army Staff, Academic Registrar of the NDA, and Defence Adviser in Washington, DC, and at the United Nations.
He also holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University.
Under his leadership, the NDLEA has achieved significant results, including the arrest of over 73,000 drug offenders and the seizure of more than 15 million kilogrammes of hard drugs.
The agency has also conducted nationwide campaigns to combat drug abuse.
Bello Wakili
