EducationStudents Must Undertake Drug Test Before Admission, UNIABUJA VC Says

Students Must Undertake Drug Test Before Admission, UNIABUJA VC Says

Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah, Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja has disclosed that students who intend to study in the university must undertake and present a drug test before admission.

Mr. Na’allah made this known at the 27th Pre- Convocation briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. He revealed that the institution is working with NDLEA to help students involved in drug abuse and to rehabilitate them.

He said the drug status of students is important in order to help students to be free from drugs.

However, he said the students would not be sent out from school if involved in drug abuse, but rather be rehabilitated in collaboration with the NDLEA.

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