
President Muhammadu Buhari,has revealed plans by his administration to roll out measures to further enhance the capabilities and potentials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in view of the agency’s sterling performance
He disclosed this during the security meeting he presided over at the presidential villa, Abuja .
National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (retd),who spoke on behalf of the president,said he had briefed the council on the enablers of crime one of which is drugs and the need to find quick responses with a view to mitigating the growing threats to society.
He added: “These enablers are discussed in detail and Mr. President has already given direction on how to deal with them, specifically issues of drug abuse as propellants for crime, how to make the criminal justice system much more effective, as well as looking at issues of unemployment, which of course, the federal executive council had given an approval, through previous memos on how to get 100 million people out of poverty, that was also discussed.
“For the intelligence agencies, they are also operating within certain parameters to suppress these problems, but the most important thing, like I said, is that we have to subjugate all other requirements in order to deal with the present crisis of insecurity in the country. All other national objectives, obligations, have to be subordinated to the primary concern of bringing back security and normalcy to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and allowing the entire citizenry to undertake their legitimate obligations, without any fear of being intimidated or coerced by non-state actors.”