ndlea.gov.ng exterminating illicit drug trafficking & consumption in Nigeria
About ndlea.gov.ng
OUR VISION
To become the most proactive and leading drug law enforcement Agency on the African Continent and one of the best in the world through the provision of effective and efficient services to Nigerians by cutting off the supply of illicit drugs, reducing the demand for illicit drugs and other substances of abuse, tracing and recovering drug-related proceeds and contributing to the creation and maintenance of an enviable image for the Nation through out the world.
OUR MISSION
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency shall deploy all resources at its disposal to: Eradicate illicit trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; Reduce Demand for illicit Drugs and other Substances of abuse: Recover ill-gotten wealth, acquired from the proceeds of illicit drug trade; and Protect, enhance and maintain the image of Nigeria and Nigerians at home and abroad The establishment of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by the promulgation of Decree Number 48 of 1989, now Act of Parliament, was aimed at exterminating illicit drug trafficking and consumption in the Nigerian society. It is a well-known fact that any involvement in drugs, especially their importation, exportation, sale, transfer, purchase, cultivation, manufacture, extraction and possession is universally unacceptable. The establishment of the NDLEA was Nigeria’s deliberate attempt at joining the rest of the world in getting rid of this cankerworm within her borders
