Anti-drug war: Marwa wants fine option removed from NDLEA Act

Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has said the removal of fine option from NDLEA Act would strengthen the deterrence effect of court prosecution and conviction.

Marwa said that the clause that allowed for the option of fine for drug offenders from the agency’s Act was currently undergoing amendment in the National Assembly.

The NDLEA boss stated this while defending the 2022 NDLEA budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics chaired by Hezekiah Dimka on Wednesday in Abuja

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