“This is an indication of the magnitude of the problem, and indeed a problem with dire consequences,” Marwa added.
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NDLEA Chief Executive, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, made the call Friday, while presenting the award of “Ambassador of War Against Drug Abuse” to the Chairman, Havana Group of Companies, Myke Ikoku, in Owerri.
The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Disu, to ensure Kyari is produced before the panel.
Marwa said this in Abuja on Wednesday during a sensitisation training on Drugs Prevention, Treatment and Care.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday
The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, gave the figure at a media briefing to mark his one year in office.
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Assistant Media Officer, NDLEA, Imo State Command, Aloysius Nworisa.
We have to get down to brass tacks and deal with the real issues of leadership as regards the personalities we throw up for elective office.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the five-year plan, launched on Monday in Abuja, would run from 2021-2025.
Marwa disclosed this in an interactive session with Local Government Chairmen in Plateau on Wednesday in Jos.
Marwa told Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State whom he visited that the drugs seized were worth N120 billion.
Marwa, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the clause was currently undergoing amendment in the National Assembly.
Marwa disclosed this at the weekly briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team, led by Femi Adesina.
Speaking with NAN on Monday, Marwa said this would “reduce the prevalence of drug abuse” in the country.
He revealed this to the Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Committee of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Marwa spoke at the 2021 Ulefunta annual public lecture organised by the Deji Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, in Akure.
According to him, this will weaken criminal narcotic networks in the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking.
Marwa said that they would lose their investments if they were caught using their tricycles to transport drug traffickers or illicit substances in any part of the country.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
This was just as operatives of the NDLEA have intercepted in Lagos cookies laced with drugs going to the United Arab Emirates