…As FG suspends screening of 5,000 job seekers
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), as the new Director-General (DG) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Until this appointment, Mohamed Buba Marwa was the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Drug Abuse.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has stopped the planned screening of 5,000 applicants seeking employment with NDLEA as part of concerted efforts to prevent the spread of the corona-virus spread in the country.
Government claimed that the screening, slated for this month, was wrongly timed in view of the alarming rate the disease is said to be spreading by experts.
Recall that the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, ordered a stop into the screening exercise on behalf of the Federal Government.
The Solicitor-General of the Federation, (SGF) and Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Dayo Apata (SAN), made this public in Abuja.
