The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rejected the calls for the legalisation of consumption of cannabis in Nigeria, asserting that it would spell doom for the country.
A bill for the legalisation of cannabis for medical and scientific purposes has been before the National Assembly since January.
“As we speak, 10.6 [million] Nigerians are using cannabis; that’s too high, yet you want us to legalise it so that more people will take it?
“We will not accept that; we in NDLEA reject the move in totality,” NDLEA chief executive Buba Marwa…
