The United Nations Workplace on Medication and Crime (UNODC) has assured the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company, NDLEA, of additional help and renewed partnership in its ongoing effort to rid the nation of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
The brand new nation consultant of UNODC in Nigeria, Mr Cheikh Ousmane Toure, said this when he led a crew of his prime officers on a courtesy go to to the chairman/chief govt officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Marwa (rtd) on the company’s nationwide headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.
Whereas acknowledging the management function NDLEA performs in drug regulation enforcement in Africa, notably the West African sub-region, the UNODC chief mentioned his go to was to re-engage with the company on the best way to cascade the successes recorded on the nationwide degree to the states.
He mentioned it is because the drug scourge is on the foundation of many of the safety challenges on the subnational degree.
In response to him, “It’s important for us to re-engage and re-energise the connection between UNODC and NDLEA, and I believe that my coming right here at present is to inform you I wish to re-engage and reinvigorate our relationship in order that it serves Nigeria as a complete and in addition the remainder of this subregion by following your lead.
“NDLEA has been our associate and even facilitated our implementation in Nigeria. Subsequently, I need a re-engagement of UNODC with NDLEA to see how collectively we will develop a higher plan to help the remaining implementation of the grasp plan and the brand new phases of engagement with Nigeria sooner or later. And one factor that we wish to have a look at is how NDLEA can present elevated capability constructing to West African member international locations in order that collectively we combat this menace and share greatest practices”.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi mentioned in his remarks that Marwa appreciated the worldwide physique for its help of the company over time whereas expressing confidence that the brand new nation consultant will take the prevailing relationship to a brand new peak.
Whereas itemizing a number of the quite a few achievements the company has attained in drug provide and drug demand discount previously 4 years with the help of native and worldwide companions, together with the UNODC, the NDLEA boss mentioned the crew‘s go to offered the chance to current a number of the areas they need to think about of their help for the company.
He requested the UNODC to help the company’s Various Growth Programme, the primary in Africa, which goals to offer hashish growers with various technique of livelihood.
