President Tinubu has reappointed Buba Marwa as NDLEA Chairman for another five-year term.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa’s (rtd) appointment as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for a fresh five-year tenure.
Marwa, who first assumed office in January 2021 under then-President Muhammadu Buhari, will now lead the agency until 2031, according to a statement issued by Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga.
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Before his initial appointment, Marwa chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020. The Adamawa-born retired military officer previously served as military governor of Lagos and Borno States and is a graduate of both the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973, Marwa held several key military roles, including Brigade Major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to then Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma, and Registrar of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He also served internationally as Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and later as Defence Adviser to Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
He holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University.
Under Marwa’s leadership, the NDLEA has recorded significant successes, including the arrest of more than 73,000 drug traffickers and the seizure of over 15 million kilogrammes of illicit substances. The agency has also expanded its nationwide advocacy campaigns against drug abuse.
President Tinubu, while congratulating him on the renewed mandate, said:
“Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your 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 who are out to destroy our people, especially the young ones.”
