President Bola Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Brigadier-General (rtd) Mohammed Buba Marwa as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , NDLEA, for another five-year term, extending his leadership until 2031.
Marwa, who hails from Adamawa State, was first appointed NDLEA Chairman in January 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Before that, he served as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to December 2020.
His reappointment was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on November 14, 2025.
Tinubu described Marwa’s reappointment as a vote of confidence in his agency’s efforts in tackling the menace of drug trafficking.
Marwa, a former military governor of Lagos and Borno states, is an alumnus of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).
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