Campaign against drug abuse and cultism has received a boost as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in collaboration with the Issah Adedotun Foundation, intensified efforts in schools.
The initiative is aimed at discouraging pupils and students from falling victim to the two social menaces of drug abuse and cultism.
Both organisations launched the distribution of educational materials and kitted first-aid boxes to pupils, students and schools in Oba Oke, Osun State.
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Protocol, Ambassador Issah Niniola, presented the items.
NDLEA Drug Abuse Campaign Takes Sensitisation To Schools
In a presentation on drug abuse and cultism in Nigeria, the NDLEA Deputy State Commander, Drug Demand Reduction and Sensitisation, Mrs Toyin Adegoke, advised pupils and students to shun drug abuse and cultism.
Adegoke noted that youths were among the major abusers of drugs, stating that drug abuse had become a source of sorrow to victims’ families and society at large.
She urged the students to make responsible choices and avoid activities that could negatively affect their future.
Ambassador Niniola, while speaking at the event, said President Bola Tinubu had laid what he described as a solid foundation to permanently end incessant strikes by lecturers in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
He said that while the education system remained a work in progress, the President was determined to do everything possible to place it on a solid foundation.
“Currently, we can assure you that there will be no strikes again because of what the president has done. He has laid the foundation to stop the strikes forever in the country,” he said.
Niniola also said the President was ensuring that students received quality education through the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), while providing necessary allowances for lecturers in tertiary institutions across Nigeria.
He therefore urged Nigerians to support the President’s second term in office so he could continue what he described as his good work, stressing that Tinubu would also do more in education and other sectors.
NDLEA Drug Abuse Campaign: Foundation Distributes Free Educational Materials
On the distribution of free educational materials, Niniola said supporting the education system and lifting vulnerable people, particularly children from less privileged backgrounds, had always been his passion.
The presidential aide, who said he had been distributing free educational materials to pupils and students for the past 25 years, stressed the importance of primary and secondary education in laying a solid academic foundation.
He said while primary and secondary education fell under the purview of local and state governments, he would continue to support them to ensure a solid foundation for academic excellence in the locality.
“I graduated from one of the primary schools that are here today, and I never knew I could become who I am today. You also can be great, irrespective of where you are and who you are.”
Niniola consequently advised the students to shun drug abuse and cultism, describing both as “destroyers of destiny.”
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