Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mohammed Marwa has charged all promoted officers to crush all drug cartels across Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mohamed Marwa has charged 3,506 newly promoted officers of the agency to go all out and crush drug cartels in every part of the country.
Marwa who broke the long years of stagnation in the anti-narcotic agency decorated the newly promoted Deputy Commanders General of Narcotics (DCGNs) and Assistant Commanders General of Narcotics (ACGNs) on Thursday.
The promotion followed a report by the harmonisation committee he instituted soon after assuming leadership of the agency in January to address the issues of low morale and stagnation in the career path of personnel.
Marwa after due consideration of the recommendations by the committee, approved the immediate promotion of 2,910 officers between the rank of Narcotic Assistant I and Superintendent of Narcotics while 596 others between Chief Superintendent of Narcotics and Assistant Commander General of Narcotics were recommended to the Board of the Agency for elevation to their next ranks, a recommendation that was approved by the Board on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
The NDLEA boss while addressing the newly promoted DCGNs and ACGNs said the exercise is part of efforts to ensure that the nation’s anti-drug war succeeds.
He said, “Any clog in our wheels, we’ll destroy and must be crushed. This war must be pursued relentlessly, the entire country mobilised and we must succeed.”
Marwa attributed the success recorded by the Agency so far to the support of President Muhammadu Buhari who “graciously approved payment of liabilities and entitlements owed staff for years and also burial expenses due to families of deceased officers since 2015.”
The NDLEA boss assured officers and men of the Agency that their welfare and care will continue to remain uppermost under his leadership.
The Chairman, Harmonisation Committee and Special Adviser to the Chairman, Yakubu Bako; Director of Administration and Establishment, Sani Ibrahim Sani as well as the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Victoria Egbase who spoke at the ceremony commended the NDLEA boss for restoring the dignity and morale of the workforce through his purposeful and result-oriented leadership of the agency.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) (m) in a group photograph with newly decorated Deputy Commanders General of Narcotics, DCGNs at the Agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, July 29, 2021
A breakdown of the list of promoted officers and men shows eight Assistant Commanders General of Narcotics (ACGN) were elevated to the rank of Deputy Commander General of Narcotics (DCGN); 20 Commanders of Narcotics (CN) to Assistant Commander General of Narcotics; 54 Deputy Commanders of Narcotics to Commander of Narcotics; 14 Assistant Commanders of Narcotics to Commander of Narcotics; 150 Assistant Commanders of Narcotics to Commander of Narcotics; and 350 Chief Superintendents of Narcotics to Assistant Commander of Narcotics.
A total of 630 Superintendents of Narcotics were also moved to the next rank as Chief Superintendent of Narcotics; Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics to Superintendent of Narcotics- 41; Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics I to Superintendent of Narcotics -481; Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics I to Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics -157; Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics II to Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics I -12; Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics II to Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics -187; Chief Narcotic Agent to Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics I -119; Chief Narcotic Agent to Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics II -47; Senior Narcotic Agent to Chief Narcotic Agent – 1,006; Narcotic Agent to Chief Narcotic Agent – 4; Narcotic Agent to Senior Narcotic Agent -68; Narcotic Assistant I to Senior Narcotic Assistant -1 and Narcotic Assistant I to Narcotic Agent -78.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) (m) in a group photograph with newly decorated Deputy Commanders General of Narcotics, DCGNs, and Assistant Commanders General of Narcotics, ACGNs at the Agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, July 29, 2021
