Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has stated that before tying the knot, intended couples will be required to take a drug test.
He made this disclosure while speaking at an event on Saturday, June 19, in Kogi State. According to him, the President’s new directive is in line with the efforts to purge the country of illicit drugs and clean up the streets, towns and cities.
Marwa said;
“Be reminded ladies and gentlemen, that, President Muhammadu Buhari is resolute in his new thrust to purge the country of illicit drugs
And the NDLEA is doing everything possible to meet up with Presidential Mandate to clean up our streets, towns and cities. That is why we have put in place various programmes with far reaching effects, one of which is drug integrity test.
In the nearest future, anyone seeking employment into any government industry or ministry, parastatal or agency; or seeking admission into tertiary institution; or even getting married must first have to do drug test.
If people are getting married don’t we ask them to do HIV test? Don’t you ask them to bring (result) of their Genotype Test? Now, if I put the question: How many (parents) want their children to marry drug addicts?
