Makinde Reiterates Commitment To Fight Drug Abuse

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has pledged that his administration will collaborate with the necessary stakeholders to minimize menace of trafficking and illicit drug abuse in the Sate.

The Governor made the pledges today in his speech at the 2019 United Nation International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, organized by the State Drug Abuse Control Committee in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, held at Western Hall, Secretariat, Ibadan.

Governor Makinde pointed out that report shows that 40 percent of Nigeria youths are involved in drugs and substance abuse, therefore fighting against it encompassed collective efforts in making our society free from drug abuse and illicit trafficking both state and the federal.

Speaking through the Deputy Governor, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, the governor, noted that collaboration between the State Government and State NDLEA is yielding positive result adding that his administration is ready to collaborate with all agencies to ensure the illicit act is brought to minimal in the state.

He therefore called on parents, guardians, religious leaders, politicians to join hands in fighting against drug abuse saying that waging war against drug abuse is a collective responsibility.