Drug abuse

West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalize personal use and prioritize treatment as a response to rising substance abuse in the region, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said on Tuesday.

In a statement by the office of the SGF on Wednesday in Abuja, Mustapha stated this when the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, Sub-Committee on Drug Abuse paid him a courtesy visit.

All Progressives Congress, Zamfara chapter, has pledged to partner with the non-governmental Ooganisations in the efforts to tackle drug abuse in the state.

Imohimi made the call during a seminar organised by the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, with the theme: “Stop the Stigmatization of Ex-Drug Users and Human Trafficking.”

Ajimobi, represented by the Commissioner for Health, Azeez Adeduntan, said this on Tuesday in Ibadan at a stakeholders’ conference to mark the 2018 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

The Governor gave the assurance through the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, at the flag off ceremony of the Lagos State kicks against Drug Abuse, held at the Blue-Roof, LTV Agidigbi, Ikeja.

Muhammad made the remarks in a Sallah message to residents at his palace in Dutse on Friday as Muslims celebrate Eid-el fitr to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Peter Adegbe, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.

Atiku said this during the FCT academic award organised by Mobilisation of Schools and Students for Excellence project ceremony on Wednesday.

The GMD/CEO, Emzor pharmaceutical industries, Dr Stella C. Okoli, stated this in a press briefing with newsmen on Sunday, lamenting that it is regrettable that many a lot of Nigerian youths are having issues with prescription drugs.

The Director Education Support Service Department in the ministry, Justina Ibe, said on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi during the training that the menace of drug abuse among students have become alarming.

Sheikh made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday.

The leader made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

He said it was a menace which had become a “cankerworm”, vowing, however, that the state government was ready to tackle and fight it to a standstill.

The Vice President of PSN, Dr Daniel Orumwense, raised the alarm during the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists community awareness campaign on drug abuse, in Surulere, Lagos.

A statement by the Media Office of the President of the Senate said the Drug Control Bill seeks to clarify the mandate and strengthen the capacity of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug…

Saraki who spoke when he received a delegation of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, led by its chair, Ruth Dreifuss, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja, also noted that robust collaboration…

The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno STate, made the appeal while reading a communiqué at the end of their meeting in Kaduna on Thursday.

Speaking at the launch of Campaign Against Drug Abuse and Misuse held in Alimosho Local Government Secretariat on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Agboola Dabiri, said the issue of youth involvement in drugs and…

The upper legislative chamber also mandated its Committee on Health to ensure that the government gave the centres needed attention when established.