NDLEA Elevates 2,788, Redeploys 406

NDLEA Elevates

NDLEA Elevates 2,788, Redeploys 406

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has approved the
promotion of 2, 788 of its personnel and has redeployed 406 others.
The promotion exercise as well as the redeployment cut across both
Narcotic Agent and Narcotic Officer Cadres.

A total of 290 Chief Superintendent Officers have been promoted
to Assistant Commanders of Narcotics, 529 Superintendent of
Narcotics were moved to Chief Superintendent of Narcotics and 673
Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics have been promoted to
Superintendent of Narcotics.

Others promoted are 115 Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics
now promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics
while 662 Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics II have now moved
to rank of Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics I. Others within
the rank and file promoted are 519 in number. This includes those
promoted on account of additional qualification, special promotion
and upgrading.

Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (Rtd.) Chairman/Chief Exective,
NDLEA, has urged the officers and men to see their promotion as a
call to higher service and to continue to distinguished themselves.
“The exercise is expected to spur the benefitting officers and men
to put in their best in the service of the Agency and the nation.”
He noted that the exercise was commenced in phases and that this
final phase has succeeded in normalizing the structural
disjointedness of the workforce.

The promotion exercise followed the completion of the process
set in motion by the Agency to address the lingering backlog of
promotion in the Agency. In the process, the Agency interfaced with
the Office of the Head of Service which approved a new Scheme of
Service for the Agency in line with 2019 Establishment Rules.

The Scheme of Service, geared towards professionalizing the
Agency has made provision for a new ranking structure of three (3)
cadres which are: Narcotic Assistant Cadre, Narcotic Agent Cadre
and superintendent of Narcotic Cadre.

Earlier, six officers of the rank of Commander of Narcotics, CN,
were promoted to the rank of Assistant Commander General of
Narcotics, ACGN. The Agency equally elevated a total of 1, 311
staff, made up 1, 291 staff within the rank and file and 20 others
converted to officer cadre in the first phase of the promotion
exercise.

The redeployment affected 24 command officers, 198
superintendent cadre officers and 114 other ranks. It is expected
that the movement will boost morale of officers and men who must
have overstayed in one duty post leading to declining productivity
and exposure to hazards.

Jonah Achema, ACN
Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs