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The Federal Government has approved the introduction of mandatory pre-employment drug testing for prospective applicants into the Public Service.

A statement on Monday by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, said the approval is part of efforts to address the growing problem of illicit drug use and its impact on national development and security.

He said Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Extra-Ministerial Departments and Parastatals have been directed to make drug testing a core requirement in the recruitment of new personnel.

The statement partly read, “The Federal Government has approved the introduction of mandatory pre-employment drug testing as a requirement for prospective applicants into the Public Service, as part of ongoing efforts to curb the rising menace of illicit drug use and its attendant consequences on national development and security.

“Consequently, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Extra-Ministerial Departments/Parastatals are hereby directed to include mandatory drug testing as a core requirement in the recruitment of new personnel.”

Imohiosen added that Ministries, Departments, and Agencies have also been directed to collaborate with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in conducting the tests in line with established standards and procedures.

“The directive, which was contained in a service-wide circular from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, including extra-ministerial departments, is in line with the determination of the present administration to decisively tackle the menace of drug and substance abuse and insulate the national workforce from unwholesome practices,” he said.

He noted that the policy was informed by concerns over the rising rate of drug and substance abuse, particularly among youths.

“The directive on the introduction of mandatory pre-employment drug testing for prospective applicants is premised on the concern raised by the Federal Government over the alarming rate of drug and substance abuse, especially among the teeming youth in the country, with far-reaching implications for public health, socio-economic development, workplace productivity, and national security,” the statement added.

This initiative builds on a series of anti-drug measures introduced in 2025.

In November, the Nigeria Customs Service mandated drug testing for all incoming recruits and serving officers to enhance discipline and border security.

Additionally, a July directive approved university-wide drug screening, signaling a nationwide push to address substance abuse.

https://punchng.com/fg-approves-mandatory-drug-test-for-public-service-applicants/

Una drug addicccted children will they be tested abi na only the poor masses will tested

The head (leaders and politicians) and its tributaries (his or her children and relatives) must be certified free before venturing into testing the masses.

Laws are not made for the poor masses alone but for all in a given country.

postie:
https://punchng.com/fg-approves-mandatory-drug-test-for-public-service-applicants/

We all know the people using & trading narcotic drugs within Nigeria's public service

What about people like Tinubu running for public office?
Hypocrites

postie:
https://punchng.com/fg-approves-mandatory-drug-test-for-public-service-applicants/

Politicians also need the test.

Meanwhile the people who mortgaged their own destiny in exchange for crumbs, will soon be here to fight against the truth

Before now, it was poor men children that lived in slums that experimented with drugs that were mostly cannabis.
But right now, it is the children of the Elites that live in estates that are most addicted.
And they are experimenting with hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Canadian loud, Colorado, etc.
That doesn't mean that poor men children are not involved though.
Drug addiction hijacks the mind and destroys the body.
#SayNoToDrug

Them don report AMINDA to Federal Government

The drug baron from Chicago is also a public servant, they need to start with him first.

Meanwhile all political public holders should be tested in thier heads cos they lack serious thinking capabilities.
All I need to crash the prices of food stuff and grains is only 24months, here the minister of agriculture is not even popular.

Hopefully, test results won't be procured as usual. Nigeria is a funny country where anything goes.

This is wonderful...
The chief Druggie himself checking others for drugs.

Then,it means there may be no more public service soon

postie:
https://punchng.com/fg-approves-mandatory-drug-test-for-public-service-applicants/

Why is Tinubu so desperate to raise money from overtaxed Nigerians who are struggling to cope with hiked petrol price due to subsidy removal that gave him $84 billion in savings?

Instead of making life easier for us by crashing petrol price and dollar rate as promised, why is Tinubu making life worse than even his cluelessly expired and corrupt Buhari made it

Deltafirstson:
Although the pump price of fuel was N197 when President Bola Tinubu took over on May 29, 2023, the product now sells for N617 per litre – less than two months after.

In his inaugural address, Tinubu announced that subsidy was gone, fulfilling a promise that all leading presidential candidates made during the campaign.

Nigerians have been lamenting the hardship occasioned by fuel price hike. Amid the lamentation, a video where Tinubu campaigned to slash the price of fuel went into circulation.

Checks by Daily Trust affirmed the authenticity of the video uploaded on the YouTube page of Channels Television.

At his campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on January 25, 2023, Tinubu spoke on a number of issues, but those of fuel scarcity and naira redesign made the headlines.

However, Tinubu who spoke in Yoruba language, also assured the crowd that though people were saying petrol price would hit N200, it would be reviewed downward under him.

“The great Nigerian youths, the great Nigerian students, the confident Nigerian youths. This is a revolution. This election is a revolution. They are plotting, but they will fail. They said fuel price will increase and reach N200 per litre. Go and relax, we will bring it down,” he had said in the 7th minute of the video.


https://dailytrust.com/breaking-video-of-tinubu-campaigning-to-crash-fuel-



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JH8CC_JdUA

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anonimi:
World Bank offers Nigeria forex rate advice, as Tinubu eyes N200/Dollar rate

April 23, 2023

The President-elect said he would work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to *bring down the exchange rate to N200 in his first term.*

“My administration will collaborate with the Central Bank to harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilization of the value of the naira against the US dollars and other currencies and in the short term, strengthen the naira by boosting the supply of foreign currency and moderating demand.

“The short-term goal is to achieve a naira/dollar rate of 300 naira/US$ and gradually achieve a less than 200 naira rate over the next four years, Tinubu stated.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/world-bank-offers-nigeria-forex-rate-advice-as-tinubu-eyes-n200-dollar-rate/?amp
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Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to ensure that the naira would be equal to the dollar in value if voted into office.

NAN reports that Buhari said this on Monday during the south-east presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.

“It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than N230 to one dollar. This does not speak well for the nation’s economy,” he said.

He urged the people to vote for APC, noting that he would ensure that corruption was tackled headlong if elected.

https://www.thecable.ng/ill-make-naira-equal-dollar-says-buhari/amp

ResidentSnitch:
This is wonderful...

The chief Druggie himself checking others for drugs.

This has always been the irony of the ayédèrú APC leader looter who smuggled himself into Aso Rock to continue the disastrous socioeconomic crisis that his expired Buhari started in 2015.

swaggerjack:
Reno Omokri: I Challenge Tinubu To Prove If He Was Not A Drug Lord In Chicago




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DLrnL6rQ6M?si=uMMUVFfetODTr4Fw

Such laws will only affect d poor cos d rich kids don't even go for job interview all what they need is a phone call and they will get there dream job.

Great move by the Federal Government. This should be a model for the private sector too.

May God bless Nigeria for ever!

Good one. But will this also apply to political appointees?

Nice one we don't want insane people to be managing the affairs of our country again

Should start from BAT. Reno called him a druggie...

Ibo la tun jaasi bayi

Laws that will be on paper and used to drop qualified candidates

We dey watch ooooo

The funniest thing about this is that many applicants who abuse drugs will still scale through, either through weak enforcement, arranged medical fitness certificates from government hospitals, or the very usual nepotism that the public service currently reeks of.

Ensiere. Musicians ,actors and politicians nko?

No be here we dey the other day when ned allegedly accused Regina of taking drugs? If there's anybody this policy should apply to it is politicians and entertainers. Abi your eyes blind when davido,portable, nairamarley or burna boy dey smoke weed publicly ALLEGEDLY. oriyintiburu lorunyin not to talk of the agberos.

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Wonderful

Reno did you see this?

Audio drug tests as usual

This is a welcome development.

Drug test should be mandatory for politicians who are vying for political office. Let's see who will win 2027 election. Including the man making it mandatory.

Misplaced priority. I don't feel this is cool because I have not heard of a civil servant behaving like a mad dog but have seen many political masters behaving like a mad dog

Mandatory drug test for common applicants, but 'Mandatory Psychiatric Test' for the politicians and lawmakers is missing? If they test the people in the National Assembly and the Villa, the machine will explode. You want to test a boy who hasn't eaten in two days for 'substance abuse' when the people making the laws are high on power and diverted funds. This is just another way to disqualify the children of the poor so they can slot in their own candidates. Absolute rubbish.

Good initiative.

Those who are into drugs shouldn't be part of those who are going to be making policies for the country