Single ladies to undergo drug tests before Marriages – NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has proposed to carry out drug tests for single ladies before embarking on marriages, Daily Times reports.

Speaking at an event on Friday, August 21, in Maiduguri, NDLEA Chairman, Mohammed Mustapha Abdalla, said drug tests may be included in premarital screenings due to the increase in the rate of drug addiction among girls and married women.

“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.