He stated this on Wednesday during the 2022 First Quarter Best Performing Commands Awards ceremony at the agency’s national headquarters in Abuja.
Mr Marwa’s statement was contained in a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.
Buba Marwa, who said a similar letter will also be written to the main opposition party, PDP, and others, said Nigeria requires a mentally stable set of leaders to pilot its affairs.
He said the test will not just be limited to elective office seekers but other appointive office holders.
“We have advocated and will continue to advocate that drug test be conducted for politicians; some state governments like Kano state is already doing this. Not just politicians, but government appointees.
“And, I have just sent a letter this morning to the National Chairman of APC, who will be the first of the national working committee I wish to pay an advocacy visit on this issue.
“I recommended that drug tests be incorporated in the screening process for all those interested in running for public office. We will do the same to the PDP and other important parties. Marwa said.
According to him, for politicians, we have long advocated and I take the opportunity again to repeat the advocacy that when they run for public office it demands a lot of responsibility from the person and we need to be certain if he’s a person that is already a drug addict/user who will spend all the money he’s given for public service to consume cocaine and his head will not be in a stable condition to handle the affairs he has been entrusted with. For this reason, we have advocated and will continue to advocate that drug test be conducted for politicians; some state governments like Kano state is already doing this. He said
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