By Sanni Onogu, Abuja
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, said that the National Assembly is focused on strengthening regulatory mechanisms to ensure that the nation’s cherished do not suffer degeneration as a result of drug abuse.
Lawan made this known in a keynote address delivered to declare open a Public Hearing on the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency Act 2004.
The Senate President who was represented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara Central), said that the issue of drug abuse in the country “has become a hazard” too difficult to ignore.
Lawan said: “Equally important is that drug abuse has become a hazard. While we may often identify abuse with the youths, emerging evidence reveals that it cuts across all social strata.
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“What this means is that more and more people are resorting to dangerous mechanisms for escape. The consequence of this is multiple, as has been proved.
“We (National Assembly) have severally demonstrated that we cannot allow the degeneration of our values, through drugs, and other substances, considering our concerted quest for growth.”
Also speaking at the hearing, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Hezekiah Dimka, said that the repeal and re-enactment of the NDLEA Act 2004 became imperative in view of the severe threat posed by drug abuse and trafficking on security in the country.
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