NDLEA Moves Headquarters To New Facility, Gives Reason
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has officially moved its headquarters to a new facility in the Jahi area of Abuja.
The first phase of the project, which was inaugurated during an interdenominational service on Wednesday, is expected to be completed with the 2025 budgetary provisions.
The development was disclosed in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Wednesday.
Marwa explained that the move was necessary to facilitate the agency’s expansion and improve operations.
He noted that the development was vital to the agency’s development.
Babafemi said, “I’m glad we have finally moved in to occupy this facility after initial budgetary constraints. Even though this is the first phase of the new headquarters project, we are hopeful that we will be able to complete the process with next year’s budget.
“This is not 100% completed but it is sufficiently functional for us to move in because I was determined to move in before the end of 2024 because with the expansion of the Agency, the headquarters also expanded, and in our old location we could not accommodate everyone. I have had to post scores of officers due to a lack of space for them to work.
“It was for this reason that the management took a unanimous decision that since it was not 100% ready and we needed it, we should make it a low-key inauguration ceremony. This will enable us to relocate some of our directorates still operating outside Abuja into one facility to consolidate our operations for efficiency, effectiveness and seamless coordination.”
He added that the old head office in Gimbiya, Garki area of the FCT would continue to serve as the headquarters annexe.
He thanked President Bola Tinubu for his continued support and encouragement to the agency to be in a position to achieve its mandate of curbing substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.
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