The Senate also canvassed a national summit on the state of drugs and narcotics abuse in the country.
The upper chamber consequently resolved to approach the federal government to declare a state of emergency on the high rate of drug abuse in the country.
He also called for the inclusion of drug education as a compulsory subject in Nigeria basic education. He said the consequences of drug abuse would “continue to endanger our national development, public safety and family system if urgent action is not taken to strengthen existing legal, policy and institutional frameworks to face the challenges with all sense of responsibility.”In his contribution to the motion, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, expressed worries over the increase of drug abuse among Nigerian youths.
Mr Jibrin said there is a need to include the issue of drug abuse in the nation’s school curriculum as a way of curtailing the menace.
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