Drug Abuse Day: 'Drugs can steal your future' - Kwara Govt warns youths

Date: 2020-06-26

The Kwara Government on Thursday warned youths against indulging in illicit drug use, saying "drug abuse can steal your future".

Dr Raji Razaq, the state Commissioner for Health, gave the warning in Ilorin while receiving the state's Drug Control Committee, which paid him an advocacy Visit.

The visit was part of the 2020 sensitisation activities to mark the United Nations's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking.

The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as 'World Drug Day', is celebrated annually on June 26, and the theme for 2020 is: "Better Knowledge for Better Care".

Razaq said: "Drug abuse is a menace that can steal the future of our generation, therefore we have to join hands to discourage drug abuse and abusers.

"The sales and consumption of drugs in our community must be prevented to save innocent people from being introduced to it."

The commissioner who decried the indulgence of youths in drugs and the rate of menace of drug abuse in the community, said that this year's theme aims at improving the understanding of the world drug problem.

According to him, it is also aimed at fostering greater international cooperation for countering the impact of drugs on health, governance and security.

He commended the wife of Kwara governor, Mrs Folake AbdulRazaq, for her huge support and donations to curbing drug abuse in the state and also her support to the state Drug Control Committee's activities.

Razaq also commended Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his effort to strengthen the healthcare sector in the state.

The commissioner encouraged the committee to be relentless in their efforts to stem drug abuse, especially among the youths, adding that the overall interest of the society and the family was paramount.

Earlier, Mrs Barakat Olarewaju, the Chairperson of Kwara State Drug Control Committee, pledged the committee's commitment to stemming drug abuse by youths in the state.

Olarewaju, who is also the Director, Pharmaceutical Services, at the state Ministry of Health, commended the state government and all stakeholders in the fight against drug abuse.

Also speaking, Mr Friday Oluwi, the Secretary of the committee and the representative of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), commended the state government for the commitment shown toward sensitising youths on the dangers of drug abuse.

He also commended the government on the necessary actions being taken to stop availability of illicit drugs in the state.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oladimeji Thompson     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Monkey Pox     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Hijaab     Undergraduate Bursary     Musibau Akanji     Millennium Development Goals     Lanre Jimoh     March 28     Ishola Abdullahi     Sobi     Erin-ile     Goodluck Jonathan     Abegunde Goke     Ibrahim Taiwo     Zara Umar     Abubakar Atiku     Lateef Fagbemi     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Durosinlohun Atiku     Nupe     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Yoonus Lawal     Bankole Omishore     Sabi     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     N-Power     Funmilayo Zubair     Yekini Adio     Ilorin Innovation Hub     AIT Ilorin     Tunde Saad     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Tanke Road     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     KWSIEC     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Shonga     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Issa Baba     Yunus Lawal     KWASIEC     Bareke     Jare Olatundun     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     AGILE Programme     Kwara Pdp     Naira Redesign     Ilesha-Gwanara     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Oke-opin     Plat Technologies     Ajikobi     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Bahago     Imam Gambari     Hussein Oloyede     Ayinke Saka     Abdulazeez Uthman     Femi Agbaje     Adaramaja     Abraham Ojo     ER-KANG Mining     Gobirawa     KW-GIS     Jide Oyinloye     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Lithium     Quranic Recitation Competition     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Yemi Osinbajo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Salihu Alhaji Musa     Shero     Kwara State Fire Service     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Radio Kwara     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Shururat Olatinwo     Amule Elementary School     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Aliyu Alhassan     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Bursary     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Millennium Development Goals     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Afonja     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Kamaldeen Gambari     Bahago     Haliru Dantoro     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Ilorin Emirate     Rachael Obisesan     Turaki Of Ilorin     Alagbado     Abdulazeez Arowona     Siraj Oyewale     Aliyu Salihu     Ibrahim Mohammed     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Kwara Central     Amasa     Aliyu Adebayo     Kwabes     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     COEASU     Tinubu     Tosho Yaqub     Bashiru Makama     Budo-Egba     Alaaya     Offorjama     Funmilayo Mohammed     Adeola Abraham     Ileloke     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Tunji Folami     Offa Metropolitan Club     Playing Host     Oladimeji Thompson     Kwarareports     Ilorin Durbar     Shettima     Ahmad Ali     Ilorin International Airport     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Makama     SSA Youth Engagement     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Sarakite     Erin-ile     Saba Jibril     Sunday Otokiti     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Odolaye Aremu     Solomon Edoja     Olofa Of Offa     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Gurei     Borgu     Lawal Jimoh