‘Lawmakers Who Vote To Legalise Cannabis Won’t Be Able To Return To Constituencies’ – Marwa

The Chairman of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), on Friday mentioned ongoing strikes to legalise hashish would fail on the Nationwide Meeting.

This was as he warned that any legislator on the Nationwide Meeting who vote to legalise hashish wouldn’t dare return to their constituencies.

Marwa mentioned this on Friday whereas addressing State Home correspondents after a gathering with the President, Main Basic Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The NDLEA boss mentioned hashish had destroyed a whole lot of lives throughout the nation and shouldn’t be legalised for financial earnings.

He added that the World Well being Organisation had confirmed the risks of the substance to the mind, including that Nigeria is the very best shopper.

He mentioned, “So, whereas we respect those that wish to legalise it for monetary features, we now have to watch out to reconcile it with life. So, it’s cash versus life. And up so far, science has not developed as much as the purpose the place it may possibly take away the THC in hashish to zero.

“Subsequently, hashish is dangerous to our well being; it’s a hazard to society. We must not ever enable its legalisation. What’s extra, Nigeria has 10.6 million hashish customers; that is the very best on the earth. Isn’t it unhappy?

“We will by no means assist legalisation and I don’t see how the Nationwide Meeting would go the Act as a result of I do know 90 per cent or extra of the honorable and distinguished members of the National Assembly know the implications of this legalisation.

“They dare not return to their constituencies if anybody indicators legalisation as a result of we’re seeing the implication on the bottom. The youths, the households are being destroyed due to hashish and medicines. It wouldn’t be legalised by the grace of God.”