15m Nigerians Are Into Drugs  -NDLEA …Secures 984 Convictions In Six Months 

No fewer than 15 out of the 200 million Nigerians have been said to be into hard drugs with many others addicted.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), revealed this while receiving the newly elected executives of the Adamawa State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) at his residence in Yola, on Monday.
Marwa lamented that the Nigerian nation still has a good percentage of its population depending on hard drugs.
He said the agency had secured 984 convictions on drug related offences since January this year.
The NDLEA boss said President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) to reinvigorate the fight against hard drugs.
According to him, more rehabilitation centres are on the way across the nation.
He advocated collective efforts with the media playing a vital part in safeguarding the nation against hard drugs.
Marwa congratulated his visitors over their victory at the recent NUJ council election and charged them to champion the fight against drug abuse.
Speaking earlier, the state Chairman of the NUJ, Comrade Ishaka Dedan, pledged the union’s cooperation towards enlightening the public on the scourge of hard drugs.