The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has spoken on the need for politicians seeking public offices and students seeking admission into higher institutions will have to undergo drug integrity tests going.
The Chairman of the agency Brigadier General Buba Marwa (rtd) said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 5th anniversary lecture of Presidential Diary Magazine while delivering a paper on ‘Drug Abuse And National Security Challenge: Way Forward’, as the guest speaker.
In a statement titled, ‘Why politicians, students, must undergo drug test – Marwa’ which was made public by the NDLEA Director of Publicity and Media, Femi Babalola, the Chairman pointed out that politicians in the forthcoming elections should undergo drug tests.
According to Marwa, the drug test is to ensure that these politicians do not hold public officers under the influence of drugs.
“As elections come up in the states and across the country, there is the need for the people to entrust the management of their treasury and their wellbeing in the hands of politicians that have clear minds because no public office holder under the influence of drugs can think straight,” the statement read in part.
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“He said same thing applies to students who are seeking admission into higher institutions. He said because of the evidence-based strong nexus between drug abuse and security challenges across the country, concerted efforts must be made towards tackling the drug scourge headlong. In this regard, we are doing our best in our area of responsibility in the NDLEA,” Marwa revealed.
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