Minister of Justice and the
Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said the federal
government has approved the recruitment of 5000 staff in the National Drug Law
and Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in addition to 10,000 in 2017.
Malami, who spoke at the ECOWAS
ministers meeting, said there are plans by the federal government to improve
the capacity of the agency in relation to fighting crimes in the region. Malami,
who urged member countries’ ministers to adopt the new ECOWAS Regional Drug
Action Plan, for the year 2016-2020, said it provides a roadmap and working
document for the ECOWAS drug control team.
Commending Nigeria’s effort to
tackle drug trafficking at the national level, the ECOWAS director in charge of
Drug Control, Sintiki Ugbe, said Nigerian government has shown political
commitment by approving the recruitment of workers to widen the NDLEA capacity
and further develop a national drug control master plan.
“We see and applaud that kind of
political commitment in the region. We also want to see the translation of
political commitment into real actions,” Ugbe said.
Source: Leadership Newspaper
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