President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of retired Brigadier-General Buba Marwa as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for another five-year tenure.
The announcement was made on Friday in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja. Marwa, who was first appointed in January 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, will now remain in office until 2031.
A former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, Marwa has built a long and distinguished career in public service. Before taking over leadership of the NDLEA, he chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.
An alumnus of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Marwa was commissioned in 1973. He served in several key military and diplomatic positions including Brigade Major, Aide-de-Camp to Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, Academic Registrar of the NDA, Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, and 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, reflecting his strong academic grounding in governance and leadership.
Under his stewardship, the NDLEA has recorded major breakthroughs in Nigeria’s anti-drug war, arresting more than 73,000 drug offenders and seizing over 15 million kilogrammes of assorted hard drugs. The agency has also intensified national advocacy against drug abuse, strengthening public awareness and enforcement strategies across the country.
President Tinubu described Marwa’s reappointment as a reflection of the government’s confidence in his “onerous efforts” to curb drug trafficking and substance abuse in Nigeria.
“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, reaffirming his support for the NDLEA’s ongoing reforms.
News Credit: NAN
