President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for another five-year term.
The decision was announced on Friday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga.
Marwa first took office in January 2021 under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
His new term means he will lead the agency until 2031.
Marwa previously chaired the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse between 2018 and 2020.
He also served as military governor of Lagos and Borno states.
He is a graduate of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973, Marwa held several high-ranking roles in the military.
He served as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to then Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General TY Danjuma, and academic registrar of the NDA.
He also worked as Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, before becoming Defence Adviser to the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
He holds two postgraduate degrees: a Master’s in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.
Marwa’s tenure at the NDLEA has produced major results. The agency has arrested more than 73,000 drug traffickers, including several high-profile barons.
It has seized over 15 million kilogrammes of hard drugs during his leadership and launched nationwide campaigns against drug abuse.
Tinubu praised Marwa’s record and urged him to intensify the fight against drug cartels.
“Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your efforts to rid our country of drug trafficking and drug abuse.
I urge you not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs who are out to destroy our people, especially the young ones,” the president said.
