Marwa made the call on Sunday in Abuja at the 18th annual unity Ramadan lecture organised by the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society, Abuja.
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Lawan made this known in a keynote address to declare open a Public Hearing on the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency Act 2004.
Buba Marwa, Chairman of the agency gave the warning during an interactive session with stakeholders in Yola on Monday.
According to him, kidnappers and other criminals have adopted the practice of demanding ransom in drugs from their victims.
The state Commander, Olusegun Oke, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Bauchi that the figure consisted of 216 male and 13 female.
Vitus Ekeocha, NOA’s director in Imo State, said this at a one-day interactive forum organised by the agency for stakeholders on Tuesday in Owerri.
Omo-Agege, who decried the growing trend of drug abuse among the youth, also called for establishment of more rehabilitation centres across the country.
The FCT President of ANCOPSS, Alhaji Abdulkarim Abdulrahaman, who gave the advice in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, also promised to inculcate and sustain quality teaching and learning culture in secondary schools.
The newly elected Kwara PSN Chairman, Mr Juwon Otelaja, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ilorin.
Abubakar Danraka, Chairman, Abuja Branch of the Association of Hospital Administration Pharmacists of Nigeria, quoted UNODC as reporting.
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Peter Obi, has blamed the horrible spate of drug abuse among Nigerian youths on the ever worsening economic realities prevalent in the country, saying a visible economic recovery will see a drastic reduction in the number of drug abusers in the country.
Obi made this known through a press release commemorating the 2020 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, themed: “Better Knowledge for Better Care.”
He explained that ignorance, youth unemployment and frustration are major contributing factors to drug abuse and illicit trafficking in Nigeria.
He advised that a wholesome war against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking will involve mitigating the harsh economic realities people contend with in their daily lives.
Obi explained that engaging the youths in productive endeavours by providing jobs and investing heavily in the MSME sector would help curb the rising rate of drugs and substance abuse.
He said: “The increasing rate of drug and substance abuse and illicit trafficking in the world, more so in our country Nigeria, is very worrisome.
“The harsh economic realities we live through each day in our country can be so overwhelming and has contributed in frustrating many youths into unwholesome acts like drug addictions and substance abuse.
“A wholesome war against drug abuse will involve measures taken by the government to stem unemployment and investing heavily in the MSME sector to engage the youth in productive endeavours.
“An idle mind, they say, is a devil’s workshop.
“A good economic environment will also discourage illicit trafficking which thrives in environments of conflict, violence, and organised crime.”
Obi further called on the government and relevant organisations to engage in massive awareness on the dangers of drug abuse, while lending helping hands to those drowning in the ocean of drug addiction.
“It is our collective responsibility as a people; governments at all levels and organisations, to unite and eradicate this evil menace ravaging our society by constantly educating our wards on the ugly repercussions of drug abuse while proffering solutions to those who are already neck deep into drug abuse and other addictions,” Obi concluded.
In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammed Garba, on Friday, to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse, Ganduje said the compulsory drugs test would begin when the state Drug Administration Agency begins operation.
The Imo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 48 year-old-man with substance suspected to be cannabis sativa weighing over 247 kilograms.
Wives of the 19 Northern States Governors on Tuesday said they are to tackle the issue of drug abuse that has affected youths in the northern part of the country.
AbdulRazaq made the call on Tuesday evening in Ilorin, the state capital, when he received members of the Scouts Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, led by its Commissioner, Deacon Olabisi Afolayinka, at the Government House, Ilorin.
Whyte, who was cleared to fight by UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control, won the WBC’s interim title and the right to challenge champion Deontay Wilder after his unanimous decision win.
A women’s rights activist, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has called for a state of emergency in the health sector in Nigeria, to check the menace of drug abuse and its effects.
The MTN-led Anti Substance Abuse Programme has berthed the campaign against drug abuse in Rivers and Imo, an official said on Monday.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration is in the process of reviewing the National Drug Control Master Plan 2015-2019 with a focus on drug control and consumption.
The Federal Government says it will henceforth penalise any airline whose staff collude with baggage handlers to tag names of innocent travelers on bags containing illicit drugs on out-bound flights.