The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) has said that the production of hard drugs is a threat to national security.
Marwa also stressed the importance of an alternative development strategy to curtail illicit drug production, trafficking and protect the environment from exploitation by drug cartels.
Marwa stated this while highlighting the need for concerted and collaborative efforts in curbing illicit drug trafficking at an NDLEA Special Purpose Committee meeting on alternative development projects in Nigeria, held at the national headquarters of the agency in Abuja, on Thursday.
