 The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the LEA Retired Brigadier-General Pugelmarwa assessed the agency needs adequate funding to function optimally and efficiently. He set this during the 2022 budget defence of his agency before the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs in Nakhutiz in Abuja. Immanuel Ehidjidi completes the report as presented from our studios. Drug addiction and trafficking is a major social and economic concern across the globe and Nigeria as a nation is not left out. Billions of dollars have been voted every year by these countries to fire the Scorch as well as go into cross-border agreement to stop the illicit trade from getting into the countries. What either testimony from the current chairman of the agency during his 2022 budget defence is anything to go by, Nigeria is still scratching the suffers in the fight against illicit drugs. Whether there are still numerous areas both in the overheads and in the capital as we have explained for the help, for your help to intervene and enhance so that the effectiveness of drug law enforcement across the board will be ensured, recognizing the threat of national security that we face. For the board dressing viz, the former governor of Lagos State leased at various areas the agency is lacking, which includes inadequate funding to acquire AMS and ammunition, vehicles for operation, accommodation for staff and low budget for media and publicity to mention a few. The committee expressed their desire to assist the agency in every way possible to function effectively and efficiently. We are also very mindful that in spite of the challenges we've had over the years in the funding and what have you, we also know very clearly that there are also some bad acts in that organization who have now actually put to maximum use some of the resources available to them. All efforts should be put in place to ensure that the NDLA is taken as a priority agency because the drug situation in this country requires an emergency. That is the truth. Everywhere primary school, secondary school, market everywhere. The committee promised to render all the assistance when sure more funding for the agency to provide equipment and for the welfare of its personnel to enable it to block access to illicit drugs within and into the country.