The German government is planning to establish a “world-class narcotic detection dog training facility” for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), chairman of the agency, Buba Marwa, has said.
Marwa disclosed this on Friday when liaison officer at the German embassy in Nigeria, Jan Ritterhoff, paid him a visit in his office.
He said the “€2 million” training facility will further boost NDLEA’s operations.
In a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, Marwa said drug trafficking is a complex and dynamic crime that demands that the agency must always be a step ahead of drug cartels.
He asked the German government to consider donating more dogs to the agency to be able to cover more areas of responsibility.
Marwa said through the support of the German government the agency has arrested over 26 suspects and seized over 17.932 metric tons through dogs.
On his part, Ritterhoff appreciated the agency’ boss for granting speedy approval for the project to commence.
He gave the assurance that the project will be completed in phases within the next three to four years.
