Members of the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, raised the alarm over
the consumption of over three million bottles of codeine syrup daily in
Kano and Jigawa States.
The lawmakers also revealed that the 19 northern States are not
exempted from the growing menace of drug abuse, especially among young
girls in tertiary institutions.
1. The need to check the rising menace of pharmaceutical drug abuse among youths especially in northern Nigeria. By Sen. Baba Kaka Bashir pic.twitter.com/OstHRkkTwj— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) October 10, 2017
Sen. @oluremitinubu adds that women resort to intake of drugs as a result of emotional negligence from their male partners and urges..— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) October 10, 2017
The Red Chamber said the uncontrollable abuse has destroyed mothers
in homes, as they use codeine and other drugs as an escape from their
abusive relationships.
Lawmakers also revealed that secondary school students consume cough syrups regularly.
They said pharmaceutical drug abuse is threatening a generation of Northern Nigerian women including, young girls in tertiary institutions, working class ladies, married women, unemployed women, displaced women from the Boko Haram insurgency, among others.Senate resolved to:— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) October 10, 2017
(I) Mandate it’s Joint Committee on drugs and Narctics and Health to come up with a report to the Senate on the needed..
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