Drug Trafficking: FG Advocates ECOWAS Implement Appropriate Structure To Tackle Emerging Threats - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2019
The Federal Government has called on the ECOWASCommission to implement an appropriate structure to check emerging illicit drugthreats in the region.
This is in line with the Political Declaration onthe Prevention of Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime inWest Africa, signed by the Heads of State in 2008.
Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney-Generalof the Federation Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN made the call at the 12thInter-Ministerial Drug Coordinating Committee of ECOWAS at its commission inAbuja on Friday.
Malami was represented by the Ahmadu Giade, SpecialAssistant to the President on Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance,Ministry of Justice.
The Minister recalled that the Heads of Statesimilarly adopted and endorsed the Political Declaration and Regional ActionPlan to Combat Illicit Drug Trafficking, Organised Crimes and Drug Abuse inWest Africa.