The United Nations General Assembly, in resolution S-20/4, adopted at its twentieth special session in 1998, defined “alternative development” as a process to prevent and eliminate the illicit ...

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has said the agency’s newly launched Alternative Development ...

The Ondo state government and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have concluded plans to tackle cannabis cultivation and other illicit drug activities through an Alternative Development ...

FOR decades, the story of drug control in Nigeria has largely been told through arrests, seizures, prosecutions, and prison terms. In Ondo State, however, a different narrative is beginning to take ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has sought the collaboration with the Ondo State Government and the communities where cannabis sativa, also known as indian hemp, were being grown in the state ...

How NDLEA is turning illicit fields into sustainable futureBy Henry Umahi Since his appointment in January 2021 as chairman and chief executive officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intensified efforts to curb illicit cannabis cultivation by promoting an alternative development programme aimed at replacing illegal farming with lawful, ...