The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has urged the agency’s personnel to remain focused and dedicated to the fight against drug cartels.
Marwa spoke yesterday during the relocation of the agency’s headquarters from Gimbiya Street in Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to its new facility in Jahi area of Abuja.
The new headquarters is being developed in phases.
The NDLEA boss said the relocation represented a phase in its transformation and recalibration into a modern and result-oriented anti-narcotic agency, which started in January 2021.
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A statement yesterday in Abuja by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said the facility, which is the first phase of the national headquarters project expected to be completed with the 2025 budgetary provisions, was officially unveiled during an interdenominational service within the complex yesterday.
“I’m glad we have finally moved in to occupy this facility after initial budgetary constraints. Even though this is the first phase of the new headquarters project, we are hopeful that we will be able to complete the process with next year budget.