A new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has been announced and he is Muhammad Abdallah. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
This was disclosed in a statement signed on Monday by the Director of Press in the office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi.
His appointment took effect from Monday, January 11, 2016, and it will be for a first tenure of five years.
Abdullah takes over from Ahmadu Giade, who had handed over to the agency’s Director-General, Mrs Roli Bode George, after 10 years of service.
The appointee is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigeria Army and had a Certificate of Education from Nigeria Defence Academy in 1977, a Bachelor’s Degree in American Politics and Government from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA in 1989, an M. A. Public Administration, LLB and LLM Degrees from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 2005 and 2011 respectively and Bachelor of Law from the Nigeria Law School in 2006.
He was born on November 13, 1954, and hails from Hong in Adamawa State.
