Delegates from 54 African countries and 15 observer nations will next week gather in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, for the 31st meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa, to discuss new trends and partnerships to curb the global drug scourge.
Top on their agenda will be discussions and collaborations on alternative development to cannabis cultivation, assets forfeiture, cryptocurrency, and money laundering by drug cartels, among others.
This was disclosed on Tuesday at a joint press briefing in Abuja by Secretary to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Shadrach Haruna, and the Country Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Oliver Stolpe.
Haruna who represented the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), at the briefing, said the 31st meeting of HONLAF, a subsidiary body of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs is to enable heads of drug law enforcement agencies in Africa to discuss and develop strategies to combat drug trafficking and abuse in the region.
