NDLEA counsels students on dangers of drug abuse, trafficking

Maryam Abeeb

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto State has counselled Secondary Schools students on the dangers of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking among youths and women in the state.

Speaking at a sensitisation training in Sokoto, the NDLEA Zonal Commander in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Mr. Misbahu Idris, said the idea was to protect the future of youths and women in the society.

According to him, the training, sponsored by the office of the Clerk and Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, was targeted toward accomplishing the country’s desire on ending any form of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.

He lauded the collaboration of Castle Wings Global Services Ltd with NDLEA in the project of War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), saying that the collaboration has continued to yield positive results.

The zonal commander further called on the students to utilise the programme in sensitising their friends and colleagues on the dangers of drug abuse.

Mr. Muhammad Iro, the NDLEA Commander in Sokoto, said the activity was part of WADA’s efforts to sanitise the society of criminal elements and dangers of youth engagement in drug abuse and trafficking.

“We are optimistic that without the consumption of hard drugs, criminal activities and other social vices will be minimal, if not totally addressed.

Also speaking, Mr. Yusuf Salisu, the representative of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, said the partnership with NDLEA and International Foundations was part of the policy of discouraging consumption and abuse of hard drugs among youths.

He commended the NDLEA for its sustained commitment in initiating strategic ways of addressing the menace of drugs and urged youths to always ‘say no to drugs abuse.’

In her remarks, Mrs. Rabi’a Muhammad, the Chairperson, Adongari, an NGO engaged in the fight against drugs, described drug abuse as one of the disturbing challenges among youths in the society.