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NDLEA TO RECRUIT 5000 ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
By Abdulateef Bamgbose
The Chairman and CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency – NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) said they have gotten presidential approval to recruit 5,000 personnel within the next quarter.
Appearing before the House Standing Committee on Narcotic Drugs on Thursday, Gen. Marwa presented reports on interventions in the Agency between 2010 – 2022, prosecuted cases, seizures and arrests and the 2022 budget performance.
He thanked the committee for their “consistent support over the last fiscal year”.
He said in 2022, the agency made history by seizing the largest quantity of cocaine ever that weighs about 2.1 Metric Tones with a street value of 315 Million U.S Dollars or 230 Billion Naira.. 5 barons involved were also arrested at different locations at the same time to forestall their chances of alerting themselves to escape.
Gen. Marwa appealed to the committee for their usual support to get the 2023 budget estimate of the Agency approved.
The 2023 budget estimate of N40,112,063,869.00 (Forty Billion, One Hundred and Twelve Million, Sixty Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Nine Naira) is broken down into N16,607,531,761.00 (Sixteen Billion, Six Hundred and Seven Million, Five Hundred and Thirty One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty One Naira) for personnel cost. N2,064,083,294.00 (Two Billion, Sixty Four Million, Eighty Three Thousand, Two Hundred and Ninety Four Naira) for overhead cost and N21,440,448,814.00 (Twenty One Billion, Four Hundred and Forty Million, Four Hundred and Forty Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fourteen Naira) for capital expenditure.
Chairman, House Committee on Narcotic Drugs, Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo, the Ozigizaga and Ubagidi of Enone politics, in his welcome address likened Gen. Marwa to his former Boss, late Prof. Dora Akunyili of blessed memory and her days at NAFDAC. He said before Marwa, some people never knew there exist an Agency like the NDLEA. The feedback and giveback Lawmaker congratulated the chairman for the conferment of the National Award of C.O.N on him by President Mohammadu Buhari and said he deserves the award of the prestigious GCFR for the wonderful work he’s doing for the country.
He said the Agency has not gotten the accolades they deserve for their role in the war against terrorism as drug abuse is a big factor fueling terrorism and insurgency in the country today.
Hon. Ottah assured the chairman and his team that if there will be any changes to the proposal brought before them, it would be an increment in the proposed estimate as no amount of money allocated to the agency would be too much for the job they are doing and the risk their personnels is being exposed to on daily basis.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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