Brigadier-General Buba Marwa(rtd) becomes NDLEA boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of former Military Administrator of Lagos and Borno States, Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd) as the Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this to ait.live via SMS on Saturday that the President has given his go-ahead for the appointment.

“It’s true. The President has approved General Marwa as the new NDLEA Chairman,” he said in the SMS.

Before this appointment, Marwa was the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, PACEDA, between 2018 and December, 2020 at which time he presided over the development of a blueprint on how to end drug abuse in Nigeria.

A graduate of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA Kaduna, Marwa also has a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University and another Master’s degree in International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh.

The appointment is with immediate effect.