fight drug abuse

Posted on: Mon 24-06-2013

AWKA — Anambra State government promised weekend to join hands with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in waging war against drug trafficking and consumption.

Governor Peter Obi made the pledge while presenting five brand new vehicles and a cheque for N10 million to the agency in Awka.

The vehicles include four pick-up jeeps and an 18-seater bus.

The governor said his administration was desirous of ensuring that the state was rid of all forms of illicit drug business and consumption.

He also assured that he would personally carry the campaign against hard drugs to Nigerians in various parts of the world and urged the people to join the battle to save the country from the menace of drug addiction.

Obi, who also responded to criticisms that he was presenting vehicles to organizations and individuals at the tail end of his tenure, said while he welcomed criticisms that were made in good faith,

those critics should recall that he started buying vehicles for ministries and different groups in the state because most government agencies had none before he came.

According to him, the essence of the donation is to enable the organizations serve the people of the state better.

Using the police as an example, the governor said his administration had given the police over 300 vehicles and also made donations to the Army, Navy, schools, among others.

He said that other organizations that had not got would soon get, including Nigerian Prisons.

Chairman and chief executive of NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade, who received keys to the vehicles said Governor Obi had made history by being the first to give such support to the Agency in the country since it came into existence and urged other governments to emulate the gesture.

He said that despite the lean resources of the state, the governor still saved money to do extraordinary things while meeting up his other responsibilities and assured that the vehicles and financial support would boost operational capacity of the Agency to carry out its activities efficiently.

Giade observed that all heinous crimes, including armed robbery, were associated with hard drugs and called for collective efforts to be able to win the war.

He explained that the agency was sharing intelligence with other countries of the world in the battle against hard drugs.

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