Buba Marwa Wants Drug Test For President Buhari, Bola Tinubu, Osinbajo And Other Politicians

 

Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said he is currently pushing for drug test on all politicians.

Nigerian politicians include President Muhammadu Buhari, National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, all state governors and several others

He added that workers and students should also undergo drug test.

Marwa stated that the reason he's pushing to conduct drug check on politicians, workers and students turned into with a purpose to urgently offer help for folks who want treatment and rehabilitation, similarly to serving as deterrence.

He said this in his remarks at the same time as signing a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a company, Primly Services Limited for the deliver of free drug check kits to NDLEA in Abuja on Thursday.

Expressing happiness that the MoU become eventually signed almost 3 years after the federal government had authorised the deal, the NDLEA boss said, at the centre of drug demand reduction is drug checking out.

“Practically, all Nigerians must be subjected to drug take a look at; politicians, students, workers and all. We have set the ball rolling on the business enterprise due to the fact charity starts at home. This will allow us know the ones bothered, who need treatment and rehabilitation.

“Equally, it's going to deter drug abuse due to the fact if you understand that the result of a drug test will bog down your development in college, political career or at work, it's going to deter you. In the equal vein, we do count on mother and father to make sure their children dont get married to addicts by means of insisting on drug take a look at before marriage,” he said in a statement issued by NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi.

Gen. Marwa expressed pride in the readiness via the Managing Director of Primly Services Ltd, Dr. Vincent Udenze to usually contribute to efforts to rid Nigeria of illicit substances.

"In the course of PACEDA paintings, Primly Services become a part of our useful resource people and via that we were given to realize about this MoU, which have been accepted via the Federal Government on account that 2019 and Im amazed that up until 2021, it has now not been performed until now,” he said.

Thanking the firm for its professionalism and willingness to associate with NDLEA in preventing the drug scourge afflicting the usa, Marwa stated apart from the excessive pleasant of the take a look at kits, they were coming for gratis to the employer, adding that the agency will most effective recover its price from testing.

“We ought to continue to look for extra ways of cooperation to make Nigeria a drug unfastened nation, that's a challenge that must be executed,” he brought.

Earlier, Dr. Udenze stated other than the test kits coming to NDLEA for gratis, “we will make sure that the kits are one of the quality within the united states and we can not fail in our obligation on this regard.”