CHIYA LEADS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

CHIYA LEADS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE IN KWALI AREA COUNCIL.

Hon Danladi Chiya says the danger posed by illicit drugs is worse than the impact of insurgency, banditry and other threats to the nation’s stability.

The Chairman stated this on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 during the Naturally high Music festival ( NHMF) at Kwali while talking about War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), an initiative of the Black is Beautiful (BiB), Entertainment with the Theme: “Harmony against Addiction.”

Chiya, who was personally present at the event said he had seen three generations — grandparents, parents and children — destroyed by illicit drugs.

He noted that the war against drug abuse is beyond slogan, but a call for civil action for all Nigerians to take active part in this war.

“The war against drugs is a war that must be fought by all, it is therefore my pleasure, to declare, on behalf of the good people of Kwali Area Council, a War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), not just as a slogan, but a call for civil action for all to take active part in this war,” he said.

“Let me say that this war is more deadly than the insurgency we have in the Northeastern part of the country or the acts of banditry in the Northwest or the acts of kidnapping that transcends all the geopolitical zones of this country.

“Because it is a war that is destroying three generations, because I’ve seen clips of where grandparents are on drugs, parents are on drugs, and by extension, their wards, their children are on drugs.

“So this is a war that is targeting three generations in a stretch. So it is more deadly than even the security challenges that we are having in this country and I strongly believe that every effort must be put in place to ensure that we deal with the issues of substance abuse and trafficking.”

“We have only made a head start. We need to sustain the momentum. We need to win the drug war. We cannot afford to be complacent.

“It is not difficult to conclude that drugs have been catalysts of terrorism, kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery and various violent conflicts that are currently the Area Council’s albatross”.

“The enormity of the danger of drug abuse calls for an urgent need to nip the problem in the bud.”