Nigeria: Tinubu Reappoints Buba Marwa As NDLEA Chairman
Brig.-Gen. Marwa’s leadership of the NDLEA is extended to 2031 after his role in arresting over 73,000 drug traffickers and seizing more than 15 million kilograms of drugs.
- On Friday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa as NDLEA chairman, with Special Adviser Bayo Onanuga saying Marwa will lead until 2031.
- The president urged persistence in tracking merchants of hard drugs, with Tinubu calling Marwa's reappointment a vote of confidence in protecting young people.
- During his tenure, Marwa oversaw arrests totalling over 73,000 drug mules and barons and seizures of more than 15 million kilogrammes, alongside nationwide anti-drug campaigns.
- Marwa was first appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021 and previously chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.
- Commissioned in 1973, Marwa served as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Army Staff, academic registrar of the NDA, and holds two postgraduate degrees from University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University.
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Nigeria: Tinubu Reappoints Buba Marwa As NDLEA Chairman
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