{"id":440,"date":"2021-09-14T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/14\/reps-proposes-bill-for-compulsory-drug-test-on-politicians-security-agents\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T17:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:16:50","slug":"reps-proposes-bill-for-compulsory-drug-test-on-politicians-security-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/14\/reps-proposes-bill-for-compulsory-drug-test-on-politicians-security-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps Proposes Bill For Compulsory Drug Test On Politicians, Security Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chairman, House Committee on Narcotic Drugs and sponsor of the proposed bill, Francis Ottah Agbo, said he will sponsor a bill to empower the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to carry out compulsory and routine drug tests on those seeking election into public offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill, he said, also seeks to subject all serving and intending security personnel as well as candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria to mandatory checks on drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawmaker, in a statement Monday by his media aide, Andrew Agbese, said the menace of drug addiction has pervaded all segments of the society and only drug integrity tests on people in critical service sectors can sanitise the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that the misbehaviour of some political office holders as well as most of the crimes committed in the society is drug-induced.
He stressed that this would have been avoided if those involved had been ascertained free from illicit drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m proposing a bill to empower the NDLEA to carry out a mandatory and routine drug test on politicians seeking public offices, top public servants, military and paramilitary officers and men, and for youths seeking admission into higher institutions. This will check excesses, madness in the country and sanitise the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNarcotic drug addiction is common among our people across the board; from secondary schools to the universities; from North to South; from politicians to the civil servants etc. Indeed, Nigeria is the highest abuser of illicit drugs and cannabis is the most abused drug in our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Cyboknews<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coastal News Chairman, House Committee on Narcotic Drugs and sponsor of the proposed bill, Francis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[343],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-reps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/screenshot_20210914-171109_wordpress-1.jpg?fit=1004%2C408&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4241,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/drug-smuggling-group-ask-igp-delta-state-government-to-handle-issue-with-all-seriousness-says-proceeds-from-these-drugs-were-meant-to-be-used-in-the-purchase-of-guns-to-attack-the-ijaws\/","url_meta":{"origin":440,"position":0},"title":"DRUG SMUGGLING: Group Charge IGP, Delta State Government To Handle Issue With All Seriousness, Alleges Drugs Dealings Was To Purchase Guns, Other Weapons To Cause Unrest In Warri","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"July 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Esther David A foremost Niger Delta Group under the auspices of \u201cChampions Of Drug Free Society\u201d, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and other Security agencies in the Country especially the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to handle the case of Emami Ajetsibogho, younger\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/002b117b-471a-45e8-9df0-c9caf516d2c2-1-1.jpg?fit=803%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/002b117b-471a-45e8-9df0-c9caf516d2c2-1-1.jpg?fit=803%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/002b117b-471a-45e8-9df0-c9caf516d2c2-1-1.jpg?fit=803%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/002b117b-471a-45e8-9df0-c9caf516d2c2-1-1.jpg?fit=803%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4709,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/breaking-ayiri-emamis-younger-brother-involved-in-drugs-smuggling-sentenced-to-10-years-imprisonment\/","url_meta":{"origin":440,"position":1},"title":"BREAKING: Ayiri Emami\u2019s Younger Brother Involved In Drugs Smuggling Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"August 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Uche Alvin Two drug kingpins Emami, Akpomuai convicted, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. 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