Commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State chapter, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has proposed that universities in the country should ask newly admitted students to undergo mandatory drug tests as part of their admission criteria.
Abiola-Popoola elucidated that this would “Serve as a preventive measure while offering early intervention and counselling for those already using drugs to prevent them from becoming problematic users”.
She revealed this whilst speaking on a radio programme in Ilorin that was monitored by Daily Trust’s correspondent.
The Kwara NDLEA commandant also expressed her concern over the rising number of drug users in the country, especially among females. She then cautioned that this trend poses grave risks to families and society as a whole.
She said “A 2018 survey shows that 14.3 million people were using drugs in Nigeria. One out of 7 persons in Nigeria is a drug user and one out of 4 drug users is a woman.
“This shows that the society is in trouble because a woman is the administrator of the home.”