The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade, has retired from the agency after 10 years in the saddle of the agency.
The chairman, on Wednesday, handed over to the Director General of the agency, Mrs Roli Bode-George, in a parade at the Ikoyi headquarters, Lagos.
Giade, who inspected the guard of honour during the handing over, also received the lowered NDLEA flag and presented a new flag to the acting Chairman.
According to Giade: “I am leaving the agency better than I met it 10 years ago. My greatest legacy is my zero tolerance for corruption. If we must continue to dislodge drug barons and eradicate drugs from our society, we must remain forthright and committed to drug control programmes.
“I am leaving behind a legacy of proactive and intelligence-led organisation. The agency under my watch has a representative at INTERPOL headquarters and has successfully raised the international profile of the country through unprecedented seizures of drugs and arrest of drug barons.”
He cited the removal of Nigeria from the drug majors list by the United States government and cordial working relationship with stakeholders as some of the achievements recorded in the past 10 years.
