NDLEA Happy Over Fight Against Drug Trafficking …Intercepts 195,283 Kg Of Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says its fight against drug trafficking and abuse was producing positive resuts.

Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA  Ahmadu Giade, who stated this in his address at an event to mark this year’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking at College of Health Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, said the agency intercepted 195,283kg illicit drugs.

Gaide  who was represented by the Commander, Rivers State Command, Victor Cole-Shawers noted that the agency had made progress in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking by incapacitating major trafficting syndicates and dismantling their networks.

He urged the education sector to take prompt action to incorporate drug abuse prevention in the school curriculum, stating, however, that already the agency had made progress in their attempt to infuse elements of drug abuse education into the relevant subjects in the school curricula.

According to him, “we have succeeded in infusing elements of drug abuse into the relevant subjects in the Baic Education and Senior Secondary School curricula, Tertiary Institution curricula as well as the curriculum of Adult and Non-formal education sector”.

He reiterated the agency’s resolve to ensuring that drug abuse and trafficking in the country were reduced to their bearest minimum adding that the theme for this years celebration, Global Action for Healthy communities without drugs, “emphasized the need for collaboration in the fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking and called for all hands to be deployed to ensuring a drug free nation.

In a lecture titled, Psychoactive Drug use: Towards achieving A Healthy Nation, a neuropsychiatrist, Nkporbu Aborlo, stated that smoking has increased in Africa by nearly 40 percent, particularly among young ones.

Dr Aborlo suggested that government should come up with staffer laws, enforce existing ones and create employment opportunities to engage the teaming jobless youths.

In her goodwill message, the state commissioner for education, Alice Nemi Lawrence, represented by Stella Wigwe, commended NDLEA on their good work and tasked them to intensify their fight against street drug sales.

Also in a goodwill message, Dr Larry Boms of United Nations (UN), restated UN’s continued partnership and commitment to eradicating drug misuse among young persons and advised the   students to take studies seriously.