Gov. Aminu
Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to totally
ban Codeine syrups in the country.
Tambuwal made the call while
speaking at a Senate Rountable on Drug Abuse held in Kano.
The two-day programme was organised
by the Senate as part of the measures to address the drug use crisis in the
country with a view to finding a lasting solution to it.
The Governor, who was represented by
the Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr Balarabe Kakale, said banning the
syrup was necessary to check its indiscriminate use and rampant abuse by youth.
“This is a
straightforward message of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, and
Gov.Tambuwal that there should be a total ban on syrups containing codeine,” he
said.
He said the call was necessary
because the syrups that contained codeine were not life-saving drugs but
drivers of drug abuse in the country.
“Codeine syrups only push youths and
married women to become drug addicts in the country because it is not a
life-saving drug and the country can do without having it,” the governor said.
Also, a renowned pharmacist with the
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Ahmed Gana, urged the Federal Government
to declare a state of emergency in the three most affected states by drug
abuse.
This, he said, would enable the
government to establish rehabilitation centres to cater for drug abuse victims
with a view to making them useful members of the society.
He said the Federal Government
should also identify illicit drugs that were regularly being abused with a view
to banning them.
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