Tinubu reappoints Buba Marwa as NDLEA Chairman for another Five Years

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reappointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), extending his tenure for another five years.

Marwa, first appointed in January 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari after heading the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, will now serve until 2031.

A seasoned military officer and administrator, Marwa previously governed Lagos and Borno States. He is an alumnus of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy. Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973, he went on to serve as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to then Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma, and later as academic registrar at the NDA.

His diplomatic experience includes serving as Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, and Defence Adviser at Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. He holds two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.

Marwa’s leadership at the NDLEA has been marked by high-profile successes, including the arrest of more than 73,000 drug suspects and the seizure of over 15 million kilogrammes of assorted hard drugs. The agency has also intensified nationwide campaigns against drug abuse under his watch.

President Tinubu, in his message, described the reappointment as a strong vote of confidence in Marwa’s commitment to tackling drug trafficking and abuse across the country.

“Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your onerous efforts to rid our country of the menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse. I urge you not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs, out to destroy our people, especially the young ones,” the President said.