Buhari sacks NDLEA Chairman

President Muhamma­du Buhari has ap­proved the removal of the Chairman of the National Drug Law En­forcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd), who was appointed on Jan­uary 12, 2016 by the former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachair Lawal, via a let­ter with reference number SGF.35/S.5/11/272. The sack was contained in a letter dated January 7, 2021 and signed by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Musta­pha.

Abdallah was mandated to handover to the Secretary of the agency, Mr. Shadrach Haruna, on or before Janu­ary 10, 2021 . Africa Update gathered that Haruna, who was in the United Kingdom during the notice, had to cut short his trip as he hurried­ly returned to Nigeria at the weekend. Meanwhile, some senior officers have kicked against the recruitment of 5,000 candidates who recently applied for employment, The sacked chairman, had em­barked on a massive recruit­ment, barely 24 hours after he got a letter to handover. NDLEA spokesman, Dep­uty Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, had in a state­ment on Friday in Abuja, announced that successful candidates should visit the agency’s website www.ndlea.gov.org for the list adding that those shortlisted had also been contacted via E-mail and SMS.