Kwara: Students Warned on the Dangers of Drug Abuse

Date: 2022-12-19

Oasis Muslim Care Foundation (OMCF), a non-governmental organisation that cares for the sick and needy, has advised secondary school students on the dangers of drug abuse and addiction.

The advice was given during the foundation's 8th Secondary Schools Public Health Enlightenment programme held on Tuesday, 13th December 2022 at Ethical College, Ilorin, Kwara State.

The guest speaker, Pharmacist Abdulwasiu Olagunju, an Assistant Director of Pharmacy at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, spoke on the topic "Drug Abuse, Misuse and Management."

Olagunju spoke extensively on drug abuse, misuse, and addiction, citing various examples of how people abuse, misuse, and become addicted to drugs. According to a statement by the foundation, the lecturer advised the students to stay away from hard drugs and everything related to drug addiction.

The statement read, “Olagunju explained the differences between drug abuse and misuse. He explained the connection between the abuse of drugs and the rising cases of liver diseases, renal failure and brain damage. He also dwelt on the havoc drug addiction wrecks on the individual and the larger society. He advised the students only to take drugs based on prescription by qualified medical practitioners and to stick to the dosages and duration prescribed."

Present at the event were about 135 students drawn from the Ilorin metropolis. The schools present were: Nobel Enterprises & Technology College, Fate-Basin Secondary School and Ethical College.

In his welcome address, the Chairman of Oasis Muslim Care Foundation, Dr. Abdulrauf Yusuf explained that while one of the cardinal objectives of the organisation is taking care of the indigent and sick, it has been organising public health lectures to educate the public on the causes of ill-health and how to improve their health and well-being.

In his vote of thanks, a committee member of the Oasis Muslim Care Foundation, Mallam Abdulazeez Alaaya, thanked the host school's management, principal, staff, and students for accommodating the organisation. He also appreciated the invited schools and teachers that attended the event.

Also at the event were the Chairman of the Ethical College Management Board, Dr Ahmad Uthman, and Oasis Muslim Care Foundation committee members: Engineer Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita and Mallam Muhammad Shuaib.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yusuf Abdulraheem     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Sarakite     Medview Airlines     Adeleke Ogungbe     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Yusuf Mubarak     ASKOMP     Dele Belgore     Sheikh Ariyibi     Niyi Osundare     SSA Youth     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Bashirat Bola Bello     TETFUND     Peculiar Allowance     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Okanlawon Musa     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Saliu Tunde Bello     Buhari     Yahaya Seriki     AbdulRahman Saad     Kwara     Samuel Adaramola     Oniye     Sunset Workers     Lanre Issa Onilu     Aiyedun     Issa Oloruntogun     Convocation Ceremonies     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Ndama Al-hassan     Aliyu Umar     March 18     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Baakini     Kishira     Adamu B. Yaqubu     CELF     Ajibola Ademola Julius     James Ayeni     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Bankole Omishore     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Suleman Abubakar     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Yoonus Lawal     Popo-Igbonna     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Lawal Olohungbebe     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Kubra Kazum     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Iyaloja-General     Jelili Yusuf     Adekunle David Dunmade     Yahya Mohammed     Alanamu     Moses Afolayan     Rihanat Ajia     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Gaa Olobi     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Danhawa     Sango-UITH Road     Kola Ologbondiyan     Nigerian Army     Haleeman Salman     Agbarigidoma     Olusola Saraki     Wole Oke     Okoolowo     Kazeem Oladepo     Folorunsho Alao     SGBN    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Trade Lenda SME Fair     Wahab Abayawo     BECE     Garba Idris Ajia     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Agor     Yomi Ogunsola     Lanre Olosunde     Tunde Saad     Kwara Consultative Forum     Ridwan Agboola     Teachers Specific Allowance     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Oyawoye     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Ola Falade     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Akeem Olatunji     MMWG     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Oke-opin     Sunday Popo-Ola     Ahmad Lawan     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Akanbi-Oke     Kola Ologbondiyan     Umar Adelodun     Local Government     Oyelere Oyinloye     Halimah Perogi     Jide Oyinloye     Ekiti     Oke-Ogun     Kwara Metro Park     Modibo Kawu     Saheed Akinwumi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     NAWOJ     New Nigeria People’s Party     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Sobi     AbdulRahman Saad     Balogin Alanamu     Sola Saraki University     Osuwa     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Awoye     Saliu Oluwole     Yeketi     Muhammed Akanbi     Marufat Oladosu     A.E. Afolabi     Jimoh Bashir     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Opobiyi     Boko Haram     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Ahmad Belgore     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Quran     Dan Masanin     Otuka     Rashidi Yekini     Oniwa     Goodluck Jonathan     April 11     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Kaosarah Adeyi     Otoge     General Hospital, Offa     Umar Ayinla Saro     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     High Court     LABTOP     Adisa Logun     Emir Of Lafiagi