Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, Commandant of the Kwara State chapter of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has put forward a proposal that calls for mandatory drug testing for all new university students as a prerequisite for admission.
She explained that this would “Serve as a preventive measure while offering early intervention and counselling for those already using drugs to prevent them from becoming problematic users”.
Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola made the disclosure during a recent radio interview in Ilorin. She voiced her concerns over the growing number of drug users in Nigeria.
She said: “A 2018 survey shows that 14.3 million people were using drugs in Nigeria. One out of 7 persons in Nigeria is a drug user and one out of 4 drug users is a woman.
“This shows that the society is in trouble because a woman is the administrator of the home.”
