Buba Marwa says parents will be asked to list drug-free documents as part of requirements for approving their children’s marriage.

Buba Marwa, the chairman of Nigerian drugs enforcement office NDLEA, has said young Nigerians would soon be required to certify themselves free from illicit drugs before they could get married.

Mr Marwa says parents will be asked to list drug-free documents as part of requirements for approving their children’s marriage.

Mr Marwa made the disclosure on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti at a colloquium tagged: “Walk Away from Drugs’’, a programme organised by Ekiti Ministry of Justice He described the menace of drug use in the country as “worrisome’’.

“In Nigeria today, there is no challenge that is more worrisome than drug abuse.

“For instance, insurgency, kidnapping and banditry are seen as peculiar to certain parts of the country, but drug abuse has no boundary or respect for ethnicity or religion.

“The menace is so worrisome that within the last two months, more than N60 billion worth of illicit drugs have been seized and perpetrators arrested and prosecuted.

“If access to drugs is prevented, criminality can be reduced by 50 per cent,’’ Marwa said. He called for concerted efforts by stakeholders to campaign against the use of illicit drugs,” Mr Marwa said.

The anti-drug agency boss suggested that parents should from now include drug certificates as part of criteria to give their daughters and sons hands in marriage.

“This will be the beginning in reducing drug usage and its prevailing economic effects on the nation,’’ he said.

Declaring open the event, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi restated the commitment of his administration at reducing drug abuse. Mr Fayemi, who was represented by his deputy, Bisi Egbeyemi, urged participants to take the deliberation seriously and to evolve implementable plans to rid the society of the menace.

In his address of welcome, Ekiti State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapounda, said that the programme was organised because of alarming cases of drugs-induced criminality in the society.

“In most cases prosecuted by the ministry, investigations showed crime perpetrators were under the influence of drugs,’’ he said.

In attendance at the programme were representatives of traditional rulers, Ekiti State commandant of the NDLEA, Gaura Shedow, representatives of road transport workers, market women and youths, among others.

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Govt agencies are just looking for how to make money. Smh

Imagine! No wonder Albarka Airline collapse never to rise again under Marwa.This what mental laziness leads to when one is unfit for a position or appointed based on nepotism.Waiting to see how they will screen bandits and BH terrorists who abuse drugs yet are marrying off kidnapped victims as wives in their hoods or enclaves.

I don't know why we have numb skulls at the helms of affairs this time around in this country..

This country na pure cruise axwea

Buba Marwa is a mad donkey, it's as if madness is a prerequisite for joining the APC

wahala no dey finish especially if u dey for naija

Which will have to be linked with our nin number...dis is not funny.na naija be dis.

after CERTIFICATE collected what next

Haa, this man no get brain again.

if you want to curse a nation...just wish Nigerian leaders upon that nation.....

Clueless individuals

Not a smart man .shebi you can see see why he couldn't manage a Small two plane airline

Mumu people

Kweeeeke oo

Its alright!

Just when you think you've read it all, the Nigerian government baffles you with more bullshit.

May I also suggest that every man should have his staff of office measured at the point they announce any intention to marry. This will ensure that any man who is cursed with a dong that is LESS than 8-inches long, should be BANNED from marrying, simply because they are not qualified to enjoy the Promised Land.

Furthermore, any man having less than 2 million naira in his bank account, should be ARRESTED and JAILED for making any marriage plans, until their financial situation has been improved by committing a few bank robberies or kidnapping operations.

Thank you and God breast Nigeria.