Kano: Ganduje vows to test all political office holders, civil servants for drugs
In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammed Garba, on Friday, to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse, Ganduje said the compulsory drug test would begin when the state Drug Administration Agency begins operation, NAN reports.
“The governor instituted programmes aimed at curtailing drug abuse. This includes setting up and streamlining activities for the state Task Force committee, which had intercepted and destroyed about a billion naira worth of drugs,” he said.He called for aggressive mainstreaming and social media campaigns against the menace of drugs which had endangered many lives and economies of nations.
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