The law mandates all politicians seeking elective or appointive offices, to first pass a drug test.
The Adamawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to make routine drug tests compulsory for politicians seeking elective offices in the state.
The law mandates all politicians seeking elective or appointive offices, to first pass a drug test.
The Adamawa State House of Assembly last Thursday considered and adopted as amended the report of its standing committee on a bill for a law to provide for the mandatory drugs, alcohol and other illicit substance testing for applicants for appointment, employment and schools admission.
SaharaReporters gathered that the decision followed the presentation of the report on the floor of the House by its ad-hoc committee on employment, labour and productivity, on Tuesday.
The bill is titled: "A Bill for a Law to provide for mandatory drugs, alcohol and other illicit substances on applicants for appointments, employment and admission into educational and public institutions."
SaharaReporters learnt that if passed into law and assented to, it will provide compulsory hard drugs testing for applicants into state educational and public institutions as well as provide for other matters.
As gathered, the mandatory drug test covers intending couples, traditional rulers, title holders, applicants seeking admission into various institutions of learning.
The educational institutions in this regard cut across primary and post primary schools, both public and private tertiary institutions as well as skill acquisition/vocational training schools.
The legislation will also subject union leaders, sportsmen and women, any other government worker, drivers, tricycle operators, job seekers before consideration for employment, appointment or issuance of a driver's license.
For politicians aspiring or appointed for various political offices as well as students, the mandatory drugs integrity test would form part of screening exercise they must undergo before vying or securing an admission or employment.
"This is aimed at putting in place mentally stable leaders who will be on the helm of affairs as well as checkmate the spate of drug abuse being perpetrated in various academic institutions,” part of the law reads.
After the passage of the bill, the Speaker of the Assembly, Iya Abbas, who presided over the plenary session, directed the Clerk to prepare a clean copy of the bill for Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri's assent.