The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (Retd) and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Colonel Hameed Ali (Retd) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at ‘inflicting maximum loss on drug cartels bent on trafficking illicit substances at the detriment of Nigeria and Nigerians’.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that in his remarks at a ceremony held at the NDLEA National Headquarters in Abuja, Marwa expressed his delight at the decision by the two government agencies to document their working relationship in an MoU, even as he listed the huge benefits of such to the country.
According to him, the development is a benchmark for information and or intelligence sharing. “It is also a platform for sharing of operational and administrative experiences with a view to adopting best practices that work.
“With this united front, there can only be one assurance that the criminal elements in our society will definitely be the losers and I assure you that they will certainly lose big as we come for them to put them where they rightly belong and cripple their crime syndicates,” Marwa said.
In his remarks, the Customs boss commended Gen. Marwa for the initiating the MoU.
His words, “This MOU is sending a very strong signal to fighting crime. We believe that coming together shows commitment to saving this nation from drugs and other substances.
“I want to take this special opportunity to thank my senior for initiating this MOU. I must say something, he is a very committed person. It is not new to us in the uniform to see his strides, for those who have had the opportunity to serve with him. He is a game player and a game changer.
“When my attention was drawn to this initiative, I knew this was the Marwa trend. I thank him for initiating this event, and creating an avenue for us to synergise and come up with a veritable way for fighting drug abuse in this nation.”
