Chairman/Chief Govt officer of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has appealed to the Nationwide Meeting for his or her continued assist to reinforce the capability and functionality of the company to ship on its mandate.
He expressed appreciation to the parliament particularly the Senate and Home Committees on Narcotic Medication for his or her dedication to the nation’s battle in opposition to substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
Marwa made the enchantment on Monday thirteenth and Tuesday 14th January when he led his administration group to defend the 2025 finances proposal of the Company earlier than the Home Committee on Narcotic Medication and Senate Committee on Medication and Narcotics respectively.
He equally thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his unrelenting encouragement to the NDLEA.
“I want to first respect the honorable chairman, the deputy chairman, and distinguished members of this esteemed committee to your invaluable and constant assist all through the 2024 fiscal yr. This committee, below its in a position and dynamic chairman, has demonstrated exceptional braveness and dedication in direction of the warfare in opposition to drug abuse. Particularly, your effort in direction of the modification of the NDLE Act can be extremely appreciated.
“And I respectfully ask your good workplaces to proceed to help in our space of essential wants in the course of the appropriation course of. Our instructions throughout the federation are contending with important challenges, significantly lack of lodging.
“I can’t overstate this matter as a result of all of it involves my desk while you get these stories of assaults on our officers and so forth and so forth, killing personnel and their households. So, we all know that we belief that this esteemed committee will do its finest. And we all know that there are compelling calls for from different MDAs, however the barracks challenge is essential to the operational effectivity and success of NDLEA.
“I need to not overlook to grab this chance to additionally respect President Bola Tinubu for his persevering with assist and encouragement to the company. I additionally want to reaffirm the company’s unwavering dedication to working collaboratively with the Nationwide Meeting, specifically this esteemed committee, to advance our shared imaginative and prescient of a drug-free Nigeria.
“Together with your assist, we’re assured in our potential to reinforce our operations and fulfill our mandate of safeguarding the safety of our nation”, Marwa acknowledged in his remarks whereas pleading for budgetary provision for the continued barracks lodging for the personnel of the company to reinforce their safety, dedication and efficiency.”
Within the finances proposal for 2025 fiscal yr, the company was allotted Sixty-Seven Billion 5 Hundred and Twelve Million 5 Hundred and Sixty-4 Thousand Sixty-Three Naira Eighty Kobo (N67, 512, 564, 063.80), with recurrent personnel value taking N47, 159,240, 496.80; recurrent overhead N3, 384,332, 017.00 and capital expenditure N16, 968, 991, 550.00.
He defined that the recurrent personnel value displays the nominal roll of the company’s employees energy totaling over 14,038 officers, women and men, whereas the recurrent overhead value covers the operational bills of intelligence gathering, arrests, seizures, investigations and prosecutions.
The NDLEA boss known as for the enhancement of the N16 billion offered for capital expenditure, which has zero allocation for the continued barracks challenge element to allow the company proceed with the supply of safe lodging for its workforce throughout the nation.
Marwa stated: “The company faces rising challenges, together with refined drug cartels, drug abuse and insufficient essential infrastructure. To handle these points, NDLEA has launched into reforms, together with developing barracks to accommodate its personnel, enhance operational integrity and guarantee safety.
“At the moment, many instructions function from rented services, that are insufficient for efficient administration. Correct lodging will improve employees morale, guarantee safety, and strengthen the company’s capability to execute its mandate”
In his remarks, Home Committee Chairman on Narcotic Medication, Hon Abass Adigun assured of their dedication to ample funding to reinforce NDLEA’s operational successes.
“This committee acknowledges the essential position the NDLEA performs in safeguarding our communities from the scourge of narcotics and illicit substances. As we have interaction in as we speak’s deliberations, we stay dedicated to making sure that public funds are allotted effectively, with a give attention to measurable outcomes, transparency, and accountability. I urge all members to contribute thoughtfully as we work collectively to make sure the NDLEA is well-resourced to meet its very important mandate within the new yr”, the lawmaker acknowledged.
Talking in the identical vein on Tuesday 14th January 2025, Senate Committee chairman on Medication and Narcotics, Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo congratulated the company for its excellent efficiency in 2024.
“We’re all witnesses to the great work you’re doing and we’re happy with your efficiency”, the committee chairman acknowledged, assuring of extra assist to allow the company perform successfully within the new yr.”