US Donates Vehicles To Boost NDLEA’s Counter-Narcotic Efforts

As part of the continu
ing support to Nigeria, the United States Government, yesterday, donated 11 pick-up trucks and transport vans to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
A statement by the Public Affairs Section of the US Consulate General, Lagos, made available to The Tide via email, indicated that the vehicles are the latest US donation to the NDLEA to boost the agency’s counter-narcotics efforts.
The US Consul General, Francis John Bray, who handed over the vehicles to the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, in Lagos, said: “The United States will continue to support the NDLEA and the country of Nigeria to combat the proliferation of drug trafficking and drug abuse. This is a responsibility we share as democratic nations.”
While receiving the pick-up trucks and transport vans, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, expressed optimism that the vehicles will help the anti-narcotics agency in its fight against drug trafficking.
Abdallah said: “It is on account of the mentorship and support that we get from the U.S. that we have been able to record some of our successes”.
The Tide learnt that since the establishment of the NDLEA in 1990, the US Mission to Nigeria has partnered with the NDLEA by increasing US bilateral assistance for combating narcotics trafficking in Nigeria.
In the past four years, the United States has provided more than US$10 million in training and equipment to the NDLEA.
The US Consulate General in Lagos, in partnership with the US Africa Command (US AFRICOM) and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the US Department of State, has sponsored over 100 training courses since 2013 for the NDLEA, and trained 1,580 students.
The agency has received training in intelligence, evidence collection, management skills, tactical skills, and instructor training.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana