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The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has mentioned the duty to maintain modern societies safe from the scourge of illicit drugs, demands global commitment.

This is even because the anti-narcotic company boss assured that Nigeria is doing every little thing doable to fulfil its personal finish of the cut price.

An announcement issued on Friday by Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, indicated that Marwa made the assertions on the weekend whereas addressing a gathering of teachers, college students, psychological well being professionals and Nigerians within the diaspora on the Jayhawk Welcome Centre, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States.

The NDLEA boss, had, delivered a lecture on “War Against Substance Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking: The Nigerian Story” on the 2023 version of the Marwa Africana Lecture Series established and arranged yearly since 2003 by the Department of African and African-American Studies of the University of Kansas.

Marwa mentioned, “we have been able to keep a huge cache of drugs from getting into our streets by seizing them at the border or before distribution courtesy of intelligence sharing with our counterparts in source countries or along the transnational routes.”

“For some 33 months now, Nigeria has run an unflagging anti-illicit drug campaign based on global best practices for drug law enforcement and guided by UNODC’s Whole-of-Society approach to the drug conundrum.

“While we have achieved remarkable mileage, the Nigerian anti-drug campaign is nonetheless a work in progress. Be that as it may, our achievements of the past 30 months, relative to the past 30 years, have bolstered our hope of greater accomplishments going forward.

“The support from international partners, governments of friendly countries, the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Nigerian people has strengthened our conviction that the objective we pursue is not unrealistic. Now we have before us an open vista where the objective of a drug-free society is a possibility.

“The task of keeping modern society safe from the scourge of illicit drugs requires a global commitment, and in NDLEA and Nigeria, we are doing everything possible to fulfil our end of the bargain.”

He mentioned the selection of phrases for the marketing campaign in opposition to illicit drugs in Nigeria “is a metaphor that is reflective of the need for drastic steps against a brewing illicit drug apocalypse.” He added that “War on drugs” throughout the Nigerian context connotes the severity of the state of affairs as an existentialist menace to the Nigerian nation and the urgency and depth of motion required to deliver the state of affairs underneath management, including that the marketing campaign, is nonetheless, being carried out in accordance with global greatest observe.”

Marwa additionally revealed a number of the strategic steps taken to get optimistic outcomes by NDLEA. “In each side of our actions, we endeavoured to undertake innovation. We upgraded our Standard Operating Procedures. We innovated our methodologies, adopted refined instruments and programs, and embraced revolutionary paradigms in therapy.