The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said that it would start drug tests on new entrants into universities, other higher institutions, politicians, the newly employed and religious leaders.
Brig.-Gen. Mohammad Buba Marwa, the Chief Executive of the NDLEA said that this would help to broaden the agency’s Drug Test Regime (DTR) with a view to fighting drug scourge in the country.
He spoke when he paid a familiarisation and assessment visit to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the NDLEA in Lagos.
He said, “Once any student is confirmed a drug user, he or she will be sent for rehabilitation which will automatically affect his or her academic session,” he said.
He added that students going home on holidays would also be tested. “Political office holders, new employees, religious leaders, traders will all be tested, no one will be left behind,” he said.
The NDLEA boss also said that more drug-free clubs would emerge.
Marwa is on a three-day familiarisation and assessment visit to the various commands of the NDLEA in Lagos and other entities that are of strategic importance to the operations of the agency.
He stressed that no crime could be committed purportedly in the country without the use of hard drugs by potential criminals
