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Updated April 18, 2021
Ex-Lagos governor, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (rtd) resumes as the new NDLEA Chairman on January 18, 2021 in Abuja.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said the agency is pressing on with its offensive action against illicit drugs production laboratories and farms because of the threat they pose to Nigeria’s national security.
Gen. Marwa stated this in his presentation on the national drug control master plan at a side event at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs conference taking place in Vienna, Austria.
According to him,
Mohammed Buba Marwa
Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mohamed Buba Marwa has said the agency is pressing on with its offensive action against illicit drugs’ production laboratories and farms because of the threat they pose to Nigeria’s national security.
He stated this in his presentation on the national drug control master plan at a side event at the commission on Narcotic Drugs conference taking place in Vienna, Austria. “Nigeria was traditionally considered a transit country for drug trafficking. Now the problem is much bigger as different categories of drugs are produced, consumed and trafficked in the country including cannabis, cocaine, heroin and psychotropic substances including methamphetamine and tramadol. Cannabis is cultivated in different parts of the country and there is evidence of methamphetamine producing laboratories.
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Speaking virtually at a side event at the ongoing session of the Commission of Narcotic Drugs (CND) holding in Vienna, Austria, the NDLEA chairman expressed concern about the rate of trafficking in illicit drugs.
In a statement by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson, on Friday, Marwa said the bigger concern now is about the categories of illicit substances abused and trafficked.
“Now, the problem is much bigger as different categories of drugs are produced, consumed and trafficked in the country. Drugs trafficked include cannabis, cocaine, heroin and psychotropic substances, including methamphetamine and tramadol,” the statement reads.
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“Cannabis is cultivated in different parts of the country and there is evidence of methamphetamine producing laboratories. NDLEA has destroyed thousands of hectares of cannabis cultivated land as well as 18 methamphetamine manufacturing laboratories.”