Aggrieved Anti-Narcotics Company, NDLEA Officers Search Nigerian Legal professional-Basic’s Intervention Over 12 Years’ Delay In Promotion

No fewer than 800 officers of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have petitioned the Minister of Justice and Legal professional Basic of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over the refusal of the company to advertise them since they joined the company 12 years in the past.

The officers who had been enlisted into the company as NA 2011 intakes stated they obtained direct appointments to narcotic agent rank (Degree 5) within the second cadre of the company’s rating construction on July 1, 2011, having fulfilled all the necessities as offered by the NDLEA situation of service chapter 2, no 10.

The officers in a petition dated April 30, 2022, known as for the intervention of the minister to prevail on the management of the company and promote them to their subsequent ranks.

The aggrieved officers famous that NDLEA had carried out three promotion workouts since they had been enlisted however intentionally excluded them with none given motive.

The petition learn partially, “The efficacy of that is that our instant juniors at the moment are our mates whereas our instant seniors are two ranks above us, making us lose seniority and (turn into) objects of caricature in our working environments throughout Nigeria.

“The NDLEA’s situation of service designated three cadres that are the Narcotics Superintendent Cadre, the Narcotics Agent Cadre, and the Narcotics Assistant Cadre. The service quantity index of the NA2011 intakes was first modified from 2011/NA/to 2011/NASS/ suggesting that they had been employed as Narcotics Assistants in 2011 actually pushing them right down to the final cadre being the Narcotics Assistant cadre.

“This was executed to alter the id of the NA2011 intakes and additional debase the kids of this nice nation.

“This singular act contravenes the provisions of the NDLEA situation of service, chapter 2 no 3 which states that ‘no worker shall, on being appointed be positioned above or beneath the availability of the scheme of service for the publish’.

“Your Lordship, we pray you utilize your good workplace empowered by the availability of sections 174 and 211 of the Nigerian structure to handle this injustice acknowledged above and direct the company to right away promote the NA2011 intakes to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics 2.”