The Nigeria Drug and Law enforcement Agency NDLEA Thursday, called on the National Assembly to put on hold, passage of the bill legalizing Marijuana in the country.

Chairman of the agency, Muhammed Buba Marwa made the call during a visit to the parliament.

Buba Marwa, told a gathering of law makers and security experts during a security summit in Abuja, the nation’s capital that the use of hard drugs has a direct link with the growing insecurity.

While Nigeria is grappling with a myriad of security issues ranging from Kidnapping for ransom, to banditry and cattle rustling and the decade Long Boko Haram insurgency, Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said a bill to legalize the use of Indian Hemp in the country for economic benefit is underway.

The NDLEA however, has cautioned this decision by the law-making body.