The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it will soon inaugurate an all-inclusive Committee that will ensure the involvement of the entire Nigerians in the renewed onslaught against illicit drug use.
A statement signed by the Deputy Commander of Narcotics, DCNPSO, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema, noted that the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), disclosed this when a delegation of the Nigeria Chapter of International Society of Substance Professionals, ISSUP, paid him a courtesy visit at his office in Abuja.
According to Gen. Marwa, everybody has a stake in ensuring a drug free Nigeria and should be given a platform to contribute.
He said the Committee to be known as “NDLEA Chairman’s Special Purpose Committee” is a whole-society strategy to form a coalition of stakeholders against the drug menace and will be made up of wide-ranging strata of society.
The NDLEA Chairman, stated that controlling substance use in Nigeria is a task that must be done stressing that the drug demand reduction department will be reorganized and streamlined under his leadership and would pay greater attention to drug prevention. He posited that prevention will be central to his administration’s drug control efforts since they have the responsibility to prevent more than one hundred and eighty million Nigerians that are yet to get involved in drugs.
General Marwa, commended ISSUP Nigeria for its efforts to professionalizing the field of drug control.
Speaking earlier, the National President, ISSUP Nigeria, Dr. Martins Agwogie said the appointment of Gen. Marwa as Chairman of NDLEA was one of the best things to have happened to the Agency saying that the challenges of NDLEA have affected the nation in different ways.
According to him, since Gen. Marwa’s appointment, ISSUP has followed his policy direction, pronouncement and action and deduced that he has demonstrated commitment, passion and courage to make positive impact and assured him of their support.
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