Kwara: Group to sensitise youth against drug abuse and addiction

Date: 2019-04-09

A Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), Home and Street Kids Welfare Initiative (HSKi), says it will assist in the fight against drug abuse and addiction among the less privileged youths in Kwara.

Executive Director of the group, Miss Funmi Omisope, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Monday.

Omisope said that there were some less privileged youths in the society who needed help to get out of addiction, saying that some of them were involved owing to idleness and frustration.

She said that the group would embark on massive sensitisation and empowerment of such youths to keep them busy and reduce their involvement in such social ills.

"There are some youths around here in Koro Afoju, which is the community of the blind, that smoke, get high on spirits, and abuse drugs to the point of addiction, and we have HASAP (Hope Alive Skill Acquisition Programme) to assist such people.

"HASAP is a scheme under the NGO where we are committed to empowering youths for the betterment of the society.

"So, what we want to do for them is to organise a vocational training; because we think that when their minds and hands are occupied they will not think about indulging in those things.

"I have discussed with some of them by trying to disarm them and make them our friend first. These people love their freedom, and we are ready to teach them what they are willing to learn."

"We came like every other NGO to make donations to them, but on getting here, we realised they needed a lot more than food and clothing.

"They needed empowerment, education and sensitisation against the evils of drug peddling, abuse and addiction. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Azeez Bello     John Olobayo     Kwara State Sports Commission     Kwara State Fire Service     Ibrahim Akaje     Raliat Islamic Foundation     National Broadcasting Commission     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Tsaragi-Share     Abatemi Usman     Computer Based Test     Kwara State Television     Akanji     Obuh     Henry Makinwa     Olatinwo     Air Peace     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ilorin Curfew     Illyasu Abdullahi     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Saeedat Aliyu     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Hijaab     Bayo Ojo     Oke-Ode     Islamic Development Bank     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Kisra     Paul Olawoore     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Henry Olaosebikan     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Muhammed Danjuma     Agbarigidoma     Woro     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ita-Ore     Osi     Agor     Seed Technologies     Hassanat Bello     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     CBT     Maja     Pacify Labs     Ibrahim Oniye     Modibo Kawu     Yashikira     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Aro Yahaya     Imam Gambari     Omotoso Musa     Goodluck Jonathan     Hussein Oloyede     Metro Park     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Senate     Babajide Ajayi     Erubu     Owode Market     Ayo Adeyemi     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Women Radio     Omu-aran     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ajasse-Ipo     Ileloke     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     NAWOJ    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Wahab Femi Agbaje     Lanre Aremu     MalHub     Kuliyan Geri     Ishola Abdullahi     Abdullahi Biffo     Michael Nzekwe     Kwara State University Of Education     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Henry Makinwa     Press Release     Kola Shittu     Overland     Bashiru Makama     Ekiti     Oniwa     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Valsolar Consortium     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ibrahim Jawondo     Hijab     Na\'Allah     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Edu     Jani Ibrahim     TESCOM 2025     Kolo     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Yakub Ali-Agan     Saka Isau     Olupako     Aminat Ahmed     Kale Bayero     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Oloyede     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Bello Abubakar     Ebola     Elekoyangan     IYA ALFA NLA     NNPP     TVC Female National Debate     Air Peace     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Abiodun Oyedepo     Michael Ologundea     Saka Aleshinloye     Funmilayo Mohammed     Samari     Ilesha-Gwanara     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Ridwan Agboola     Lanre Badmas     Kwara Apc     George Funsho Adebayo     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Agor Market     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Kwara State Football Association     Abdulhakeem Amao     Sherif Shagaya     Salihu Yahaya     Omoniyi Ayinla     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     08001000100     Nurudeen Muhammed     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Eleyele     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa