The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd.), has commended members and leaders of the House of Representatives for rejecting, yet another attempt to push through, a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria on the floor of the National Assembly on Thursday. Responding to the development, yesterday, through a statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Marwa said the decision by a majority of the lawmakers to reject the bill would further strengthen the gains so far made in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking in the country.
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa , has commended members and leaders of the House of Representatives for rejecting, yet another attempt to push through, a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria on the floor of the National Assembly on Thursday.The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , Brig.
He said the 2018 drug survey figure of 10.6 million Nigerians abusing cannabis alone was enough to sound the alarm bell, adding that the strong nexus between drug abuse and the security challenges across the country was incontrovertible. “The persistence of the problem has forced on us to look at the likely extraneous factors that might be sustaining the resistance from the criminal elements and in doing so, try to connect the dots.
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