The need for all hands to be on deck in the fight against illicit drugs has been stressed.
This was the view of speakers at the Fifth Annual Lecture of the Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
The Fifth Annual Lecture titled “Drugs, Youths and Crime” was an opportunity for stakeholders to brain storm on the way forward.
Governor Willie Obiano in his speech reechoed his stance on zero tolerance to crime and and reassured that government is strategizing to make drugs inaccessible to youths and would continue to prosecute drug merchants .
The Governor, who was represented by the State Head of Service, Barrister Harry Uduh, charged communities religious and political leaders to contribute their quota in the fight against drug abuse.
In his welcome address, the state Commander, Mr. Sule Momodu, who described Governor Willie Obiano as the Engine House in the fight against illicit drugs in the state, explained that the availability of drugs for youths enhance their vulnerability to crime.
Delivering a lecture on the theme, the Assistant Director of Training, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Barrister Abdul Momodu, said the impact of illicit drugs, crime and violence is big burden to the society as members of the family, neighborhood and communities have to live in the midst of illicit drug abusers where crime and violence or their threat are ever present.
The Royal father of the day and the traditional ruler of Ogidi, Pharmacist Alexander Onyido called for establishment of industries instead of high rise buildings as the solution to drug, stating that unemployment remains the bane of drug abuse, while his Omor counterpart, who was the chairman on the occasion Igwe Chris Chidume, challenged parents to live up to their responsibilities in the training of their children.
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