NDLEA asks universities to introduce mandatory drug tests for students

The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has requested all tertiary establishments in Nigeria to make drug integrity check an institutional coverage for each new and returning college students.

NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa, made the decision on Wednesday, on the launch of an anti-drug abuse initiative on the College of Abuja as a part of measures to scale back drug use amongst youths.

He mentioned; “A part of the measures to scale back drug use within the college is the proposed introduction of the drug integrity check for each new and returning college students. The drug integrity check is anticipated to metamorphose into an anti-drug coverage for all increased establishments of studying in Nigeria.

It’s anticipated that the College of Abuja, being the ‘College of Nationwide Unity’, would be the first public College in Nigeria to undertake the drug integrity check for contemporary and returning college students of the establishment.

The Drug Integrity Check is just not a punitive measure; moderately it’s an early detection device to establish a person’s drug use standing for applicable intervention, and well timed remedy and care. This can even entail that the college will develop a drug coverage and make such out there to every scholar.

Equally vital is the necessity to create an NDLEA outpost on the campus the place we’ll deploy our males to help the authorities to discourage drug sellers and customers throughout the College.”