Buba Marwa's Committee Recommends Ban Of Beer Adverts

The Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse has recommended cutting out adverts for recreational drugs like alcohol to discourage its use.

The Committee’s Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, revealed this on Monday while being interviewed on Sunrise Daily over the country’s drug abuse problem.

“You really can’t say zero-alcohol because people have the rights,” he said. “But when you consume more than is required and perhaps you are caught driving drunk, you know there is a penalty. So these penalties also have to be enforced.”

Marwa’s committee was constituted in December 2018 and submitted its report to the President in October 2019.

But the report has not been implemented as it is being reviewed by a second committee chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.

According to Marwa, the second committee is expected to meet later this week and he would be “surprised” if its implementation does not “start in another month.”

“The drug control scourge in Nigeria, unless it is tackled, we are finished,” Marwa said.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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