Roli Bode-George has been appointed as the first woman acting Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
This followed the retirement of Alhaji Ahmadu Giade, who bowed out after serving for 10 years in the agency.
Bode-George’s appointment is considered by observers as a significant gender balancing at a period when the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is being leaned upon to appoint more women into positions of public relevance and reckoning.
She is generally perceived as an unobtrusive goal-getter and a quiet but formidable achiever, who has the requisite field training and solid academic credentials to give the NDLEA the cutting edge leadership in the crucial war against drug trafficking and substance abuse.