Like codeine like terrorism – Punch Newspapers
Like codeine like terrorism
Sunday Adole Jonah, Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State: So, Nigeria could muster the will to fix a vexing issue if it sets its mind to it; this is really strange in the light of observed disturbing ineptitude with regard to the killings of Christians across the Middle Belt region.
It is interesting to see how the Senate rushed through a motion put forward by a senator from Kano State concerning the need to urgently ban the importation and production of codeine-based cough syrups.
The enthusiasm for this ban has even been taken too far with the closure of three pharmaceutical companies not minding that that unnecessary action had potential negative consequences for more job losses. After all, the protagonists of the ban would argue that it is a way to get at some Nigerians from a section of the country for trading in codeine-based cough syrups that have become popular amongst Arewa youngsters and a few old-timers.
Now, when the concern is about those traders profiting from Arewa dereliction of priorities (after all codeine abuse is a matter of personal choice because as far as I can tell no sane Benue man or woman who has tasted the cool full lather taste of lager would consider codeine cough syrup something worth ingesting as a social cocktail).
Over here in Minna, the story is that enforcement for underground codeine dealings is so strict that erstwhile known dealers are prepared to forgo that extra cash slush for a little peace of mind.
Doesn’t this state of affair seem rather discriminatory because the Senate has not acted with such alacrity with respect to compelling the President to halt the killings in Benue and other neighbouring states. There is nothing that straightens a faltering President faster than a threat of impeachment over incompetence in handling a case of national security whence foreign “Gaddafi-trained mercenaries” would run amok in its hinterland and evoke comparisons with the Amalekites.
Like codeine like terrorism – Punch Newspapers
Like codeine like terrorism
Sunday Adole Jonah, Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State: So, Nigeria could muster the will to fix a vexing issue if it sets its mind to it; this is really strange in the light of observed disturbing ineptitude with regard to the killings of Christians across the Middle Belt region.
It is interesting to see how the Senate rushed through a motion put forward by a senator from Kano State concerning the need to urgently ban the importation and production of codeine-based cough syrups.
The enthusiasm for this ban has even been taken too far with the closure of three pharmaceutical companies not minding that that unnecessary action had potential negative consequences for more job losses. After all, the protagonists of the ban would argue that it is a way to get at some Nigerians from a section of the country for trading in codeine-based cough syrups that have become popular amongst Arewa youngsters and a fe
w old-timers.
Now, when the concern is about those traders profiting from Arewa dereliction of priorities (after all codeine abuse is a matter of personal choice because as far as I can tell no sane Benue man or woman who has tasted the cool full lather taste of lager would consider codeine cough syrup something worth ingesting as a social cocktail).
Over here in Minna, the story is that enforcement for underground codeine dealings is so strict that erstwhile known dealers are prepared to forgo that extra cash slush for a little peace of mind.
Doesn’t this state of affair seem rather discriminatory because the Senate has not acted with such alacrity with respect to compelling the President to halt the killings in Benue and other neighbouring states. There is nothing that straightens a faltering President faster than a threat of impeachment over incompetence in handling a case of national security whence foreign “Gaddafi-trained mercenaries” would run amok in its hinterland and evoke comparisons with the Amalekites.