Tinubu reappoints Marwa as NDLEA Chairman for another five years

Tinubu Reappoints Marwa as NDLEA Chairman for Another Five Years

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for an additional five years.

The announcement was made on Friday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Marwa, first appointed in January 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, will now continue to lead the nation’s anti-narcotics campaign until 2031. Before heading the NDLEA, he chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse between 2018 and 2020.

A retired military officer with an extensive record of public service, Marwa has previously served as military governor of Lagos and Borno States. He is a graduate of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy, where he also served as academic registrar.

Since his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1973, Marwa has held several strategic postings, including Brigade Major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to then Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma, Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Defence Adviser at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

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He holds advanced degrees in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and Public Administration from Harvard University.

Marwa’s leadership at the NDLEA has attracted widespread praise, with the agency recording major operational successes. These include the arrest of more than 73,000 drug offenders, including high-profile barons, the seizure of over 15 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs, and the expansion of nationwide drug abuse prevention campaigns.

President Tinubu said Marwa’s reappointment reflects the administration’s confidence in his commitment to tackling drug trafficking and abuse.

“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,” the President stated.

Tinubu reappoints Marwa as NDLEA Chairman for another five years