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  • How I bought television, furniture, others in my office on assumption of duty as NDLEA chair – Buba Marwa

    How I bought television, furniture, others in my office on assumption of duty as NDLEA chair – Buba Marwa

    By Emman Ovuakporie

    Chairman National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General Buba Marwa on Wednesday said on assumption of office he had to buy furniture and television set for his office from his pocket, insisting the agency is poorly funded.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports Marwa made this revelation during the 2022 budget defence of his agency before the House of Representatives committee on Narcotics in Abuja on Wednesday.

    According to Marwa, drug addiction and trafficking is a major social and economic concern across the globe and Nigeria as a nation is not left out.

    He said “billions of dollars are been voted every year by these countries to fight the scourge as well as go into cross borders agreement to stop illicit trade from getting into their countries.

    He explained that the agency is grossly under funded to the extent that on resumption as chairman of the agency, he bought his own television set and office furniture from his purse.

    The former governor of Lagos State listed various areas the agency is lacking which includes inadequate funding to required arms and ammunitions, vehicles for operations, accommodation for staff and low budget for media and publicity to mention a few.

    Members of the committee expressed their desire to assist the agency in everyway possible to function effectively and efficiently.

    The committee also promised to render all assistance to ensure more funding for the the agency to provide equipment and for the welfare of its personnel to enable operatives block access of illicit drugs in the country.

  • Drug abuse highest in Southwest states – NDLEA chairman

    Drug abuse highest in Southwest states – NDLEA chairman

    The Chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Buba Marwa has raised concerns over drug abuse, saying the southwest is rated at 22.4% which is the highest in the country.

    The NDLEA boss stated this on Monday during a visit to the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun.

    He enlisted the support and understanding of the Ogun state government in the reduction of 17% drug prevalence in the state.

    He said, “With the high prevalence of drug abuse in the country, I want to solicit your excellency’s support in combating the menace in the state. As we all know, drug abuse destroys life, community and it has no respect for age, gender and religion, hence the need to engage critical stakeholders in the fight to stem the tide of this social malaise.”

    While commending Governor Dapo Abiodun for partnering with the agency in combating the menace in the state, he noted that the NDLEA has finalised plans to build barracks for its operatives to further secure their lives from drug barons and peddlers.

    The state governor presented a patrol vehicle and motorcycles to support the operations of the agency.

    The chairman of the agency gave staggering statistics of drug prevalence in Lagos as 33% while Ogun state is 17% prevalence.