NDLEA visits mosques, warns Muslims in opposition to taking strong drugs

NDLEA took its advertising campaign in opposition to drug abuse to mosques in Katsina on Monday as Muslims were attending Islamic lectures and making prepared to interrupt the Ramadan hastily for the day.

The company’s commander, Mohammed Bashir and his group were on the Abubakar Sadiq Juma’at mosque, Filin Samji and Rafukka Juma’at mosque, Kofar Sauri.

The Ramadan day-to-day lectures rep the faithful to listen to to interpretation and explanations of the Qur’an.

Talking throughout the advertising campaign at Rafukka Juma’at mosque, Mr Bashir acknowledged the advertising campaign change into once to sensitise fogeys and youths in opposition to the utilization of illegal strong drugs.

“Non secular, outmoded and community leaders and dad and mom own an infinite role to play to support the federal authorities in fighting the menace. If those leaders mentioned above can build all hands on deck, no one can absorb selling or illegally the utilization of gear in their communities,’’ he wired.

He appealed to the oldsters to make certain their children score now not absorb drug abuse.

Mr Bashir customarily is referred to as on Islamic scholars to retain the utilization of their sermons to proceed to sensitise the overall public about the evident dangers of drug abuse.

The imam of Rafukka Juma’at mosque, Husamat Babangida, acknowledged such an initiative change into once a welcome fashion “since the menace impacts every person.’’

He acknowledged the resolution to the worry change into once for the total stakeholders to unite to handle the worry.

“It has change into needed for fogeys and other stakeholders to make certain youths are guided during the correct route because they are the longer term leaders,’’ he defined.

Mr Babangida counseled NDLEA for taking the advertising campaign to locations of adore, namely to Ramadan day-to-day lectures.

(NAN)