The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has reshuffled some of its directors and created a new directorate to enhance efficiency and strengthen the operations of the lead narcotic agency in the country.
The reshuffling was announced by the Chairman Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (Rtd) during a meeting with directors at the Agency headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
In a statement signed by the Director Media, Femi Babafemi, the new redeployments are to propel the Agency to greater achievements.
In the new changes which take effect from Tuesday, May 11, the Director of Administration and Establishment, Ezekiel Epeso is now the Director, Technical Services while the Head of Internal Affairs, Sani Ibrahim Sani becomes the new Director of Administration and Establishment. Pius Gamde who is the Assistant Director, Legal Services, is now the Director, Internal Affairs and Provost Marshal of the Agency.
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The Director of Technical Services, Ahmed Ninigi has now been moved to a newly created Directorate as Commander, Strike Force and Director, Special Duties.
According to General Marwa, the various tactical and SWAT teams across the commands have been merged and renamed Strike Force, which will now function under the new Directorate headed by Ninigi.
He added that the move is to reposition the NDLEA to be able to effectively take on the drug cartels and syndicates operating in any part of the country. “We have to target the cartels and not only the traffickers; we have to put more bite”, he charged the officers.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
