Chairman, PSC, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd) (middle), Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (first right) and others during the meeting.
By Dianabasi Effiong
The Police Service Commission has vowed to flush out drug addicts in the Nigeria Police Force by collaborating with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to achieve the objective.
The Commission made this known on Tuesday when its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), visited the Corporate Headquarters of the agency for a meeting with the NDLEA’s Chairman.
According to Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC’s Head, Press and Public Relations, the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd) used the occasion to invite the NDLEA to join the Commission in all the processes of screening Nigerians who were desirous of joining the Nigeria Police Force.
DIG Argungu, who was received by the retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the Agency, said there was a need for a functional partnership between the Commission and the NDLEA to check drug abuse among the Police personnel.
He commended the Agency for the assistance in screening intakes of the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, which he said had drastically reduced the incidences of drug addiction by students of the Academy.
The PSC Chairman said there was a need to upscale this assistance to cover the recruitment processes in the Nigeria Police Force.
“We want you to assist us in fishing out the drug addicts who obviously should not be allowed to get into and corrupt the system.
“We want to get it right and get the Police to work,” he said.
DIG Argungu said it was dangerous to give firearms to drug addicts and vowed that the Commission would flush out such Officers in the Police Force.
The Chairman commended his host for his track record of excellence in the service of the nation.
Marwa in his response, congratulated the Chairman on his deserved appointment and prayed for his success.
He pledged the Agency’s commitment to assist the Commission in sanitising Police Recruitment.
“We will try our best to bring the menace to an end, but it requires intelligence, sharing intelligence, training, etc,” he said.
Marwa said there was also a need to visit police barracks and Police Training colleges on advocacy and counselling.
He wished the PSC Chairman success on his new endeavour.
