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.
This was contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Marwa, who was first appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, previously served as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to December 2020.
The reappointment will see the Adamawa-born former military officer remain in office until 2031.
A former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, Marwa is a graduate of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).
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After commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1973, he served in various capacities, including Brigade Major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma, and academic registrar of the NDA.
He also held diplomatic roles as Deputy Defence Adviser in Washington, DC, and Defence Adviser to the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Marwa holds two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.
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Under his leadership, the NDLEA has recorded notable achievements, including the arrest of 73,000 drug mules and barons and the seizure of over 15 million kilogrammes of hard drugs. The agency has also conducted nationwide campaigns to tackle drug abuse.
President Tinubu, in a statement, commended Marwa’s efforts, saying, “Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your onerous efforts to rid our country of the menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse. I urge you not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs, out to destroy our people, especially the young ones.”
The reappointment underscores the administration’s continued commitment to combating drug trafficking and abuse across Nigeria.
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