Lawyers To Undergo Compulsory Codeine Test In Kano

The Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, in Kano State, has announced that those intending to join the association would henceforth undergo drug tests.

The association, in a statement by the state chairman, Mohammed Inuwa Musa, on Saturday, said the drug test is to ascertain their mental well-being.

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He made the statement while speaking at a programme tagged: “Kano state NBA Walk Against Drug Abuse”, as part of activities marking the 2018 NBA Kano Law Week.

The lawyers walked from their office located at Farm Centre, to the Emir of Kano’s palace, to demonstrate their anger against drug abuse.

“The worrisome menace of increase in the abuse of hard drugs is sad. Kano NBA is in support of the decision by the Federal Government to ban the importation of codeine into the country.

“Henceforth, legal practitioners who indicate their intentions to be admitted into NBA Kano will undergo urine and blood tests to ascertain if they are free from the abuse of banned substances,” he said.

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