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Political office holders should be tested for drugs- Sanusi

The Emir of Kano Sanusi II has said that political Office holders should undergo drug test and force to resign where one tests positive.

He  stated this on yesterday in Kano during a two days stakeholders Senate round table conference on drug Abuse epidemic in Nigeria.

According to the traditional, unless leaders set examples for the youths, the war against drug abuse in the country would continue to destroy the lives of the youths.

Sanusi said politicians and government officials encourage the youths by supplying them drugs and engaging their services as well as enrolling them on government pay role. This, he said must stop.

He also identify lack of political will to fight the drug abuse, poverty, lack of parental care, uncontrolled birth in the North, unemployment as well as poor level of education in the North as some of the major factors contributing to the growing cases of drug abuse.

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