The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has decried the rate at which some personnel of the Nigeria Police and other security outfits smoke Indian hemp.
Obiano warned that the substance would only damage them instead of helping them as they erroneously believed.
He stated this during a lecture organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to commemorate the 2019 International Day against Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking in Awka.
While condemning the rate at which security personnel abuse drugs, especially Indian hemp, the governor traced the introduction of cannabis sativa into the country to the Second World War when Nigerian soldiers, who fought in some parts of Asia, brought in the substance.
He said what modern security required was intelligence and not Dutch courage acquired by taking illicit drugs.
Obiano stated, “We cannot have a 21st Century security system, whose personnel rely on consumption of Indian hemp and other illicit drugs.
Obiano warned that the substance would only damage them instead of helping them as they erroneously believed.
He stated this during a lecture organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to commemorate the 2019 International Day against Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking in Awka.
While condemning the rate at which security personnel abuse drugs, especially Indian hemp, the governor traced the introduction of cannabis sativa into the country to the Second World War when Nigerian soldiers, who fought in some parts of Asia, brought in the substance.
He said what modern security required was intelligence and not Dutch courage acquired by taking illicit drugs.
Obiano stated, “We cannot have a 21st Century security system, whose personnel rely on consumption of Indian hemp and other illicit drugs.