NDLEA Excited As Lawmakers Discard Cannabis Bill

retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are reeling in excitement as lawmakers discarded a bill seeking to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria.

NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa said on Friday in Abuja that the decision of the lawmakers to reject the bill would further strengthen the gains recorded in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking in the country.

BOblog reports that members of the House of Representatives had on Thursday stepped down the bill.

Marwa noted that the 2018 drug survey figure of 10.6million Nigerians abusing cannabis alone was enough for the lawmakers to act swiftly.

He stated that the linkage between drug abuse and security challenges across the country is incontrovertible, adding that insecurity, which manifested in banditry, insurgency and kidnapping is already a full-blown malady.

A statement issued by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, quoted Marwa as saying that: "There has never been a government that is more committed to ending this spate of insecurity than the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari."

While describing drug abuse as one of the factors triggering insecurity, he hinted that Nigeria cannot afford to permit the cultivation, sale and use of the most abused illicit drug under whatever guise.

He described the decision of the legislators to reject the reintroduction of the cannabis bill as a welcome and cheering news to NDLEA.

“It is a big thing also to the Nigerian public especially parents who daily and silently contend with the pains of seeing millions of their kids and wards go down under the devastating effects of cannabis abuse, “he added.

The chairman hinted that history would never forget those who stood with parents to protect them and their children against the dangers of drug abuse.

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