The passage of the bill was sequel to the presentation of the report by the joint committees on judiciary and drugs and narcotics led by Tahir Monguno, senator representing Borno North.
He argued that the current law needs to be strengthened in order to effectively carry out war against drugs in the country.
The Senate went into the “committee of the whole” to consider clauses of the bill after the presentation of the report.
But the senators were sharply divided afterwards when it was passed after the presiding officer and deputy president of the Senate, Barau Jubrin put it to vote.
