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Buba Marwa, the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says the agency needs more sniffer dogs to prosecute war against drug pushing, adding that each sniffer dog costs about $20,000.

Per current rates at the parallel market ( about N800 per dollar), a sniffer dog would cost the Nigerian government N16 millon, going by Mr Marwas proposition.

“We definitely need dogs. Dogs cost between $15,000 and $20,000 each,” Mr Marwa said. “I won’t state in this forum to the hearing of the cartels how many dogs we have. We need more dogs.”

The NDLEA boss disclosed while defending his agency’s budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Narcotics on Thursday.

Speaking further, he said “I will take the opportunity to express appreciation to the German criminal police — we work with them. On the dogs, they supply the dogs. They just supplied a few. More importantly, they are building a six million euro dog training school in Lagos which would be used also with our neighbours in ECOWAS.”

Mr Marwa did not state how many sniffer dogs the agency needs, making it difficult to estimate how much the NDLEA will spend on sniffer dogs in the proposed budget.

However, he explained that the agency is proposing a N40 billion budget for 2023. Recurrent expenditure will cost about N18.6 billion, while capital expenditure will cost N21.4 billion

https://gazettengr.com/we-need-more-sniffer-dogs-for-drug-war-each-costs-n16-million-marwa/

18 million naira for a dog?
Nb
Corrected.

Can I hear someone scream "QWARUPTION!"

Just imagine!!

Even Lion no cost like this

These guys take us for fool in this country

successmatters:
1.8 million naira for a dog?

16million naira.

Those ignorant kids commenting above me think it is normal 'Ekuke - 404' (local dog) he is talking about.

Everybody na thief to them. Ignorance is surely a disease.

A normal trained sniffer dog cost almost $30,000 , talkmore of a highly trained one with many training certified certificate in upgraded device detections, nacortic sniffing, general surveillance and area clearing.

To ask for the service of a sniffer dog for area clearing just for an hour only - it cost upto $600

The highest form of ignorance is criticising what you dont know about.

Marwa is right.

Those Sniffer dogs are truly expensive. They could range between $10k to like $100k.


It now depends on the specific breed that NDLEA is using.

successmatters:
1.8 million naira for a dog?

You really need a talk with your mathematics teacher.

And the peppersoup no go N500 oh.

Alright

Don't mind the kids on this forum, people don't research anymore, they just want to count and counter every post made. It's well.

LegendHero:
Marwa is right.

Those Sniffer dogs are truly expensive.

VeryWickedMan:
And the peppersoup so go N500 oh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXySekhUUMU

usecondom:
Don't mind the kids on this forum, people don't research anymore, they just want to count and counter every post made. It's well.

Those one just want to wail at every opportunity.

16million naira for just Dog wey no dey talk?
How much dem take set up yankari game reserve or even Ibadan Zoo for UI??

Koda, how much dem go take start up Slave trade business..

Efcc leads in corruption, others follow. ..

In fact, Nigeria is highly corrupt!

usecondom:
Don't mind the kids on this forum, people don't research anymore, they just want to count and counter every post made. It's well.

Are you frikking kidding me?

This man has the Midas touch. I hope to see him as NSA or Minister of Defense someday. He laid the blueprint for a greater Lagos.

Anything to stop the people from the east side of river Niger in engaging in drug trafficking is a welcome development.

H

I am with the operation Sweep originator on this.


Sniffer dogs are damn expensive. Maintenance is even more expensive.

Peter Obi claimed to have developed Anambra to global standard, so why is he living in Tinubu's Lagos, while the other one is a resident of Dubai ?


Peter Obi should be ashamed of himself likewise other One Nigeria Igbos who chose the easy way rather than striving sacrificially for the truth. The truth, which is Biafra and if that is too explicit for them, how about True Federalism and Restructuring of this nation. To ensure that every region can develop economically at it's own pace, maintain territorial and cultural integrity and provide adequate political representation to it's people.

Peter Obi has never acted as a representative of these issues which forms the popular opinion and priority topic of the masses in his region yet he is running around to become Nigeria's President to represent others. What logic is that ? What does he even own in Anambra talk less of South-East. Charity begins at home. For how long will you labor in another person's farm ?

him and his like are busy investing, residing and working in other people's lands while home base is to come and 'shayo' and build in house for December. Go to Abuja and see their children everywhere, gallivanting like indigenes with no sense of acculturation to their identity. The day push comes to shove, I pray you don't loose more than you can recover. It has happened before, so it won't be a strange reoccurrence and the tide is rising again.

Peter Obi's eventual loss in 2023, will awaken you lots to the reality of Nigeria. When they finish fanning the embers of his dream online, they will wake him up with the hard knock at the polls.
Look beyond Nigeria, Biafra is calling.

Even if nah $50k deh should give him that man try...

successmatters:
1.8 million naira for a dog?

What
They said 16million naira
What else do we need to know that thus country is finished

they should gimme jus 10m I can sniffer anything including agbado n cassava

What happened to our local dogs they don't have noses to smell.

And the peppersoup no betweens N500 oh

ganisucks:


16million naira.

did they bought it when dollar was 800, do you have sense at all

Other countries spend up to 5 X more on sniffer dogs, but trust ignorant and unintelligent village ipobs to cry over $20,000.

Unexposed villagers are really a threat to Nigeria.

Dog trainers are hammering o

ganisucks:


https://gazettengr.com/we-need-more-sniffer-dogs-for-drug-war-each-costs-n16-million-marwa/

16 million naira for a dog?....Don't worry. Obi is cumin.
"For with God, OBI must be POSSIBLE!"

Kriss216:

You really need a talk with your mathematics teacher.

Bad mouth Kriss

Just comfirmed on Google, those dogs are very expensive