Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (retd.), on Tuesday, says it’s imperative for politicians seeking public offices and students seeking admission into higher institutions to undergo drug integrity tests.
Marwa disclosed this in Abuja while delivering a paper on ‘Drug abuse and national security challenge: way forward’, as the guest speaker at the 5th anniversary lecture of presidential diary magazine.
A statement by the NDLEA Director of Publicity and Media, Femi Babafemi, titled ‘Why politicians, students, must undergo drug test – Marwa’ quoted Marwa as disclosing that politicians in the forthcoming elections should undergo drug tests.
It stated that Marwa said the drug test is to ensure that politicians do not hold public offices “under the influence of drugs.”
The statement further quoted Marwa as saying, “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.
“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.”
