President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as the National Chairman of Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) for another five year – term.
In a statement by Bayo Ononuga his Special Adviser Information and Strategy, President Tinubu stated: “Marwa’s appointment is a vote of confidence in his onerous efforts to rid our Country of menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse. Urging him not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs out to destroy our people, especially the young ones,”
The reappointment means the Adamawa – born former military officer will remain at the helm of affairs of NDLEA till 2031.
Brig – Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, after serving as the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to December 2020.
Buba Marwa, a former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, is a graduate of Nigerian Military School and Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA. After his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1973. He served as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide – de – Camp (ADC) to the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant – General Theophilus Danjuma, and academic registrar of the NDA.
He also served as Deputy Defence Adviser in Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC and later as Defence Adviser to the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Marwa holds two post graduate degrees: Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh ( 1983 – 85) and Master of Public Administration from Harvard University – 1985 – 86.
His tenure in the NDLEA has been remarkable for many drugs busts, including the arrest of 73,000 drug mules and barons and seizures of over 15 million kilogrammes of various hard drugs. Under his leadership, the agency has also launched nationwide campaigns to address drug abuse.
