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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, has said that Nigeria is traditionally being considered a transit country for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

Marwa stated this in his presentation on the national drug control master plan at the commission on Narcotic drugs conference taking place in Vienna, Austria, NAN reports.<\/p>\n

According to him, this justifies the agency\u2019s offensive action against illicit drugs\u2019 production laboratories and farms.<\/p>\n

He said the agency took the step because of the threat drugs posed to Nigeria\u2019s national security.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria is traditionally considered a transit country for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is much bigger as different categories of drugs are produced, consumed and trafficked in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrugs trafficked include: cannabis, cocaine, heroin and tramadol.<\/p>\n

\u201cCannabis is cultivated in different parts of the country and there is evidence of methamphetamine producing laboratories.<\/p>\n

\u201cNDLEA has destroyed thousands of hectares of cannabis cultivated land as well as 18 methamphetamine manufacturing laboratories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Marwa further stated that a situation where the drug use prevalence in Nigeria was 14.4 per cent was unacceptable, adding that necessary steps must be taken to reverse the trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cCannabis used by 10.6 million Nigerians is the most common used drug followed by opioid with 4.6 million including tramadol.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in addition to the fact that one in every five individuals using drugs is a woman and one in five who had used drug in the past year is suffering from drug user disorder,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The NDLEA boss, however, said the agency remained committed as Nigeria\u2019s premier drug control agency with the mandate to \u201cprovide effective and efficient services to Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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