Drug control master plan 2026-2030 will strengthen Nigeria’s control efforts – Marwa

Buba Marwa, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a retired Brigadier General, has declared that the National Drug Control Master Plan (NDCMP 2026-2030) will strengthen Nigeria’s ongoing drug control efforts.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director, of Media and Advocacy, in a statement, said Marwa stated this at the Agency’s national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, while receiving the final summative evaluation report on the performance of the NDCMP 2021-2025.

He also assured that with the serious and holistic efforts being put into the preparations for the next master plan, its implementation, when finally produced, will have significant positive impact on the nation’s public health and national security.

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He commended the team of consultants led by Prof Ibrahim Abdu Wakawa, Head of Mental Health Department, University of Maiduguri, who worked on the evaluation of the implementation of the NDCMP 2021-2025 for doing an excellent work.

He commended the commitment, diligence and the excellent job done on the evaluation of the NDCMP 2021-2025, adding that ” the acknowledgement of the successes recorded by the agency in the course of implementing the drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction pillars of the master plan is equally well appreciated.

” I want it on record that by the time the NDCMP 2026-2030 is fully ready and implemented, we’ll achieve much more under the renewed hope administration of President Bola Tinubu to the benefits of Nigerians and the country as a whole.”

Wakawa, while speaking earlier, commended Marwa’s leadership that has led the agency to surpass most of the expectations listed in the 2021-2025 National Drug Control Master Plan.

He expressed confidence that the agency will bridge any identified gap especially in the area of drug demand reduction in the course of implementing the 2026-2030 master plan.

Wakawa was joined by two other members of his team: . Ngozi Oguejiofor and Ibiba Odili who both retired as Assistant Commander General of Narcotics (ACGN) and headed the NDCMP secretariat at different times in the agency.