President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reappointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for another five-year term.
The announcement was made on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
Marwa, first appointed in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, will now lead the NDLEA until 2031. Before his initial appointment, he chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.
A former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, Marwa is an alumnus of the Nigerian Military School, the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), the University of Pittsburgh, and Harvard University. His military career includes roles as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Army Staff, and Defence Adviser at Nigeria’s Mission to the United Nations.
During his tenure, the NDLEA recorded major drug busts, including the arrest of over 73,000 drug traffickers and the seizure of more than 15 million kilogrammes of illicit substances.
The agency also intensified nationwide campaigns against drug abuse.
President Tinubu commended Marwa’s performance, describing his renewed term as a vote of confidence and urging him to sustain the agency’s momentum against drug trafficking and abuse.
