The Police Service Commission (PSC) is seeking the support of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in conducting drug integrity tests for police recruits across the country.
The PSC Chairman, retired DIG Hashimu Argungu, made the request when he led a delegation of the PSC management on a courtesy visit to NDLEA on Tuesday in Abuja.
In a statement yesterday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the PSC chairman said that the request came intending to ensure that those with the right frame of mind eventually make it out of police training colleges across the country.
Argungu commended the leadership of NDLEA for the support so far received, saying that his visit was to seek further assistance.
“This is because we follow processes and procedures in anything we do so that we can produce the best results.
“If the process and procedures were followed wrongly, the result or product is going to be bad,” Argungu said.
He said the commission would decentralise its screening of recruits across Nigeria and would need the support of the NDLEA in every state.
“We want them to assist us in screening those who are already on drugs in whatever form.
“This is because we can’t churn out and put arms in the hands of people already dependent on illicit drugs; that is dangerous.”
