Newly appointed Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohammed Marwa (retd.), says the immediate task for him is to overhaul and reposition the agency for better performance.
Marwa stated this on resumption of office on Monday at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja.
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According to him, the overhauling and expansion would be in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, which was constituted to research ways drug abuse in the country can be eliminated.
Chairman Marwa, who served as PACEDA’s chairman, said henceforth the agency shall operate within the existing financial constraints, and the authorisation of the appropriate superior authorities.
Marwa disclosed that the drug users in the country are well over 15 million people, across all ages.
He said drug use had eaten very deeply into the social fabric as every community in Nigeria is affected. As such, the agency carried the responsibility to check the problem.
Marwa said as a lead agency in the drug war, they were familiar with the extent of the devastation that drug use had caused the nation.
He said,
“Together, by the grace of God, we will resuscitate and reposition NDLEA to full active life, to be effective, respected, and feared by concerned criminals.
“Nigeria is the only country we have, we cannot fold our arms. We can, will, and must eliminate the drug scourge.”
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