FG Calls for Appropriate Structure to Tackle Drug Issues in West Africa - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
The federal government has called for the establishment of an appropriate structure that would help tackle the issue of illicit drug in West Africa.
Speaking at the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Drug Coordinating Committee of ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania, which held in Abuja, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami , called for the immediate implementation of the recommendation so as to tackle emerging drug threats in West Africa.
Represented by the Special Assistant to the President on Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substance, Ministry of Justice, Ahmadu Giade, the minister said that drug trafficking fuelled other organised crimes such as money laundering, terrorist financing, violence among others. “The human resource capacity of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has been strengthened to be able to address drug abuse, illicit drug trafficking and related crimes.
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