The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has named the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) Professor Umar Danbatta, as its Special Ambassador in its renewed war against narcotics and use of other dangerous substances leading to addiction in the country.
Commander for Narcotics at the NDLEA
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Ajiya, who announced the
Ambassadorial recognition by the agency during a courtesy visit to the
Commission in Abuja last weekend, said the objective of the NDLEA’s visit was
to partner with the Commission in order to reduce the number of drug addicts in
the country through sensitisation programmes.
He said one of the aims for this
collaboration is to explore the use of telecom platforms to disseminate information
about its activities to sensitise the citizens. He said this has become
strategic as nearly all Nigerian youths are telecom subscribers who interface
with telecom platforms from time to time. Ajiya said NCC comes readily to mind
as a good partner to the NDLEA to achieve the latter’s mandate of reducing
cases of drug addicts among the Nigerian youths.
“The NDLEA has rehabilitation centres
across the country. This shows that we do not only apprehend the drug addicts,
but we have rehabilitation centres where we monitor and guide them until they
are fully rehabilitated” he said as he expressed appreciation that the NCC boss
considered and accepted this role in the fight against drug addiction in
Nigeria.
NCC’s Director, Human Capital and
Administration, Usman Malah, who received the NDLEA’s delegation on behalf of
the EVC of NCC, assured the visiting team of the Commission’s commitment to
supporting the drug agency in eradicating drug abuse and sensitising the
citizens especially the young generation, majority of whom are telecoms
consumers, on the effect of drug.
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