Chinedu Eze
Frustrated by lack of promotions and transfer, some workers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have started agitation against the management of the agency, which may threaten the fight against illicit drugs in the country.
In the past three years, the workers of the agency have mounted a campaign against the failure of management of the NDLEA to promote and also transfer them, as many of them have not been promoted for about 12 years.
The workers also said that some of them have served at one location for 10 to 12 years, agitating that many of the personnel serving in “arid areas” like Maiduguri, Kebbi and Yobe for that long want to leave to other parts of the country.
THISDAY learnt that this has frustrated the workers to the extent that it has started affecting their dedication to duty and many are, “tempted to connive with drug suspects because their disenchantment with their work has made them gullible.”
It was, however, gathered that…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
