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• Says Lagos committed to tackling drug abuse among youths • Urges military commands to be committed in securing state • State demands review of national policy on medical oxygen Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, signed the bill prohibiting open cattle grazing and trespass of cattle on land. He also signed domestic and sexual violence into laws.

The anti-open grazing law is coming more than two weeks after the September 1, 2021 deadline set by the southern governors’ forum for states to enact the law.

Sanwo-Olu, who assented to the bill during the state’s Executive Council meeting in Alausa, directed security agencies to swing immediately into action and enforce provisions of the law. Meanwhile, the state government has said it is committed to tackling the menace of drug abuse frontally to reduce its ravaging effect among youths in the state.

Sanwo-Olu stated this, yesterday, at the Lagos House, Ikeja during a courtesy visit by the delegates of the Anglican Communion (Church of Nigeria) led by the Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate, Most Revd Henry Ndukuba.

Sanwo-Olu said his government was building a massive rehabilitation hospital in Ketu-Ejirin to tackle drug abuse, adding that his administration would partner with the Church to ensure people live a better life and provide better space.

Also, the governor urged service personnel in Lagos military commands to be fully committed to their constitutional responsibilities of maintaining peace and strengthening security in the state.

He stated this when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, at the State House, Marina, who was in Lagos for traditional assessment of the military formations and warfare assets in the state.

The governor said it was important to prioritise safety, given its economic importance and geographic location as one of the country’s international borders.

IN another development, Director, Healthcare Planning, Research and Statistics, Dr. Dayo Lajide and Director, Epidemiology, Global Health and Biosecurity, Dr. Ismail Abdul-Salami, both of Lagos State Ministry of Health, yesterday, urged review of the national policy on medical oxygen in health facilities in Nigeria.

The Lagos State officials, who spoke yesterday, maintained that with the crisis the pandemic brought on the health sector, the way forward to incorporate the new realities, is to review the national policy.