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NDLEA lauds Reps for rejecting cannabis bill

Abbas Jimoh

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended members of the House of Representatives for rejecting another attempt to push through a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria.

Responding to the development yesterday, the NDLEA boss said the decision by a majority of the lawmakers to reject the bill will further strengthen the gains so far made in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking in the country.

According to him, 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 is incontrovertible.

“Insecurity is today, a full-blown malady with many manifestations such as insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, murder, robbery, reprisal killing, name it. Yet, there has never been a government that is more committed to ending this spate of insecurity than the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“The president has matched political willpower with resources, but the scope and frequency of these acts of destabilisation and the audacity displayed by the perpetrators call for a second, critical look at the malaise,” Marwa said.

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