The Chairman of Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd) has met with the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) to seek the support of the agency in conducting drug integrity test for police recruits with a view to ensuring that those with the right frame of mind make it out of police training colleges across the country.

Argungu made the request on Tuesday July 22, 2025 when a delegation of the PSC management visited the Agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja.

Argungu commended the leadership of the NDLEA for the support the PSC has so far received.

The PSC boss said his visit was to seek further assistance.

“ I feel there is a need to come and plead, to seek for the assistance and cooperation of this organization, because we follow process and procedures in anything we do so that we can produce the best results.

“If the process and procedures were followed wrongly, the end result or product is going to be bad. So, recruitment in anywhere, in any sector, if bad eggs are in the process, the product or the people you are training is not going to be good. So, we feel it's very, very important," said Argungu.

He said the screening exercise has been decentralized in different states of the federation to ensure that recruits are not churned out and arms are not put in the hands of people already dependent on illicit drugs.

Marwa said that the drug scourge is a challenge affecting every part of national life, propelling security challenges. He said this explains why there is need for all stakeholders to embrace a whole of government and society approach to curbing the menace.

“On your request for drug integrity test for new police recruits, we are delighted about this and we’re happy to collaborate with you on this. We are prepared across all our commands all over the country with high quality test kits that will give you the right results, the NDLEA boss stated.

He added that the NDLEA kits are produced to detect all forms of drugs.