Tinubu reappoints Marwa as NDLEA Chairman for five years

Abdullateef Fowewe

President Bola Tinubu has renewed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa’s appointment as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for another five-year term, extending his leadership until 2031.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga confirmed the extension in a statement on Friday.

Marwa, first appointed in January 2021 by former President Buhari, has a strong military and administrative background.

Before heading the NDLEA, he chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.

His military career includes roles as a brigade major, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Army Staff, and Defence Adviser at Nigerian missions abroad.

Academically, Marwa holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University.

During his tenure, the NDLEA has made remarkable achievements, including the arrest of 73,000 drug mules and barons and the seizure of more than 15 million kilogrammes of hard drugs nationwide.

The agency also intensified nationwide campaigns on drug abuse under his leadership.

Tinubu praised Marwa’s efforts, stating, “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.”