Anti-drug agency asks universities to test all students

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has asked all tertiary education institutions in Nigeria to make drug integrity tests an institutional policy for students and form a partnership with the agency to curb drug abuse in schools, reports Sahara Reporters.

The agency said the policy should apply to new and returning students, arguing that such would help the fight against drug abuse among the youth.

Chairman of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (Retired) said this on Wednesday 9 February at the University of Abuja while launching an anti-drug abuse initiative called “Drug-free University Campaign”. He said the drug integrity test is “anticipated to metamorphose into an anti-drug policy for all higher institutions of learning in Nigeria”.
Full report on the Sahara Reporters site