Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

The illicit drug and it challenges has become a major problem of concern to the general public, public affairs commentators and scholars. This has led to some form of policy formation response to finding lasting solutions to the challenges posed by drug related issues. It is against this backdrop that a suitable and relatively lasting solution was put in place by the Federal Military Government in order to demonstrate its awareness of the dangers posed by drug problem in society through the promulgation of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Decree No 48. of 1989 by the government of federal Republic of Nigeria in 1989. The study highlights, while making assessment of various achievement and failures of the NDLEA in curbing drug in Nigeria, with a view to analysing if the various reasons for setting up the organisation has yielded the desirable effort in tackling the menace of illicit drug relation issues in Nigeria. In order to get an in-depth analysis of the situation, the study, has adopted both the quantitative and qualitative approaches of research methodology. This leads to the discovery of various factors that has contributed for both failures and achievement of NDLEA in curbing drug issues in Nigeria. Finally, the research concluded by introducing measures through its recommendation, which suggests various ways through which drug scourge could be managed.

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