The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has officially launched a comprehensive, nationwide capacity-building training programme for over 100 of its counsellors.
The initiative is designed to standardise operational protocols, strengthen clinical competencies, and entrench global best practices across the country’s drug demand reduction framework.
​The first phase of the programme commenced at the NDLEA Academy in Jos, Plateau State, coordinated by the agency’s Directorate of Counselling, Treatment, and Rehabilitation (DCTR).
​NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), announced the initiative during the opening ceremony.
Represented by the Director of Counselling, Treatment, and Rehabilitation, Assistant Commander General of Narcotics (ACGN) Bashir Ibrahim, Marwa emphasized that the training is critical to boosting personnel morale and modernizing therapeutic interventions.
​According to a statement released by the Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters, Femi Babafemi, this exercise marks the first dedicated, agency-driven capacity-building programme for NDLEA counsellors in several years.
Through establishing uniform counseling protocols across all NDLEA State Command rehabilitation centers to eliminate inconsistencies in service delivery. By enhancing clinical proficiency to address emerging psychoactive substances and co-occurring mental health disorders.
The NDLEA intends to rehabilite facilities with national and international standard operating procedures and strengthening confidentiality, quality assurance, and data management for evidence-based policymaking. This exercise will promote clinical supervision and peer-review mechanisms among counsellors.
​Marwa reaffirmed that the NDLEA will continue investing in human capital to ensure its balanced mandate, tackling both illicit drug supply and drug demand reduction, remains effective and aligned with international standards.
