THE Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), Wednesday restated his earlier proposal that governors and other political officer holders undergo drug tests. He made the proposal at a meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Marina, Lagos.
“Running for public offices is a big responsibility. You should not be in this important assignment for the public and your head is filled up because of drugs.
“The drug scourge is now an epidemic in Nigeria. The prevalence is 15 per cent; three times the global average. One in seven Nigerians takes drugs. We have found out that there is a nexus between drug use and crime.”
Marwa who also appealed to government to lead the way with the integrity drug test for students in the state, stated that youths are affected most when it comes to drug abuse.
Marwa had earlier in January this year at a meeting with commanders of the 36 states, FCT and special commands at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, made the same call when he also stated that his agency will seek government’s approval to conduct drug tests on new students of tertiary institutions, security agencies’ fresh recruits and all newly appointed government employees.
