Amanze Chinonye
President Tinubu has reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), extending his tenure for another five years.
Marwa, first appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, will now lead the agency until 2031. Prior to his initial appointment, he served as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.
A retired military officer from Adamawa State, Marwa previously served as military governor of Lagos and Borno States. He is an alumnus of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), and has held several key positions in the Nigerian Army, including brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to former Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma, and academic registrar of the NDA.
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His diplomatic postings include serving as Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, and later as Defence Adviser to Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Marwa holds a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.
Under his leadership, the NDLEA has recorded significant breakthroughs in drug enforcement, including the arrest of more than 73,000 drug offenders and the seizure of over 15 million kilogrammes of illicit substances. The agency has also intensified nationwide campaigns against drug abuse.
President Tinubu, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the reappointment as a “vote of confidence” in Marwa’s efforts to combat drug trafficking and curb abuse.
“I urge you not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs, out to destroy our people, especially the young ones,” the President said.
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