Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the anti-narcotics body will deploy personnel in all 774 Local Government Areas of the country in 2024 as part of efforts to strengthen the war against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking especially in local communities.
He stated this while responding to request for partnership and deployment of more NDLEA officers in all parts of Katsina by the state governor, Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda to tame the problem of drug abuse and insecurity in the state.
He said with the Agency’s staff strength expected to rise to 15,000 by the end of the year, “the next development is to deploy in the LGAs.
We currently have zonal commands, state commands, and area commands.”
The NDLEA boss commended Governor Radda for his efforts to surmount the various challenges faced and enhance the socio-economic development of the state.
Speaking earlier, Governor Radda said he was at the Agency as part of his government’s efforts to solve the problem of insecurity facing the state.
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