The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ally against drug trafficking and piracy.
Speaking at a brief ceremony to sign the MoU at the NDLEA headquarters on Friday, Buba Marwa, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, said the partnership may appear to bring together two unrelated mandates, but, on closer examination, it reflects a shared reality in the fight against organised crime in Nigeria.
According to him, “Our experience at the front lines of drug law enforcement has shown us time and again that criminal networks rarely confine themselves to a single illicit enterprise.
He noted that the same syndicates that traffic in narcotics are often found dabbling in other forms of economic crime, including the piracy of intellectual works that rightfully belong to Nigeria’s creatives
Such piracy activities are rampant amongst musicians, filmmakers, writers,
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