Afrigather The Kwara State is strengthening collaboration with the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), to eradicate unlawful sale and consumption of laborious medication within the state.
Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, the commissioner for native authorities, chieftaincy affairs and group growth, made this identified when he acquired the state commander of the NDLEA on a courtesy go to.
Bata expressed concern in regards to the rising fee of drug abuse among the many youth, stressing the pressing want for the related organs of presidency to give you measures to tame the menace.
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A press release by Abdulganiyu Bukola Hajarat of the media unit of the ministry quoted the commissioner as saying that the federal government and the NDLEA will map out methods to discourage the consumption of laborious medication within the state, together with sensitisation of the youth.
Earlier, Mohammed Bashir Ibrahim, the state commander of the NDLEA, thanked the commissioner for availing the company the chance to interface with the ministry’s administration workforce.
The commander prompt the institution of native authorities medication management committees throughout the 16 native authorities areas within the state, saddled with the obligations of curbing the abuse of medication and management, and engagement in sensitisation programmes on the grassroots degree.
