President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) for another five-year term.
The State House confirmed the development yesterday, extending Marwa’s leadership of the NDLEA until 2031.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the reappointment in a statement dated November 14, 2025, highlighting Marwa’s extensive military and administrative experience.
Recall that Former President Muhammadu Buhari first appointed him in January 2021. Before his appointment to the NDLEA, Marwa served as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to December 2020.
President Tinubu commended Marwa’s performance, stating: “Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your efforts to rid our country of the menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse. I urge you not to relent in tracking the merchants of hard drugs, out to destroy our people, especially the young ones”.
