The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has proposed that drug tests should be a prerequisite for marriages in Nigerian churches and mosques.
The NDLEA chairman, Mohammed Abdalla, made this known on Friday, while inspecting the destruction of seized illicit substances in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
According to him, due to an increase in the rate of cannabis Sativa, cocaine and heroin addiction especially among women, there is a need for drug tests to be included in premarital screenings.
“As an extension of the proposed Drug Integrity Test Policy for the public servants, the agency is considering partnering with religious leaders to make drug testing a prerequisite for marriages in churches and mosques as the case for HIV/AIDS,” he said.
