Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, has declared a public safety emergency on substance abuse, unveiling sweeping executive orders aimed at curbing the trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs across the state.
The executive orders, signed on Wednesday, prohibit the sale, distribution and abuse of illicit substances, as well as the sale of unregistered pharmaceutical products without a valid prescription, in what the government described as one of its most decisive interventions against the growing drug menace.
Under the new directives, movement in communities identified as major centres of drug abuse will be restricted daily from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m., while security agencies have been authorised to stop, search, arrest and prosecute suspected drug traffickers and offenders.
Yusuf also announced that Certificates of Occupancy of properties used for the sale or trafficking of illicit drugs would be revoked as part of measures to dismantle criminal networks operating within
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