Nteje Community in Oyi local government area has launched war against drug abuse as a committee that will champion the course was inaugurated by the community.
The event held at Nteje attracted law enforcement agencies including NDLEA, Police and stakeholders in the community.
Speaking on the development, the President General of Nteje community, Dr. Nnamdi Ilodiuba said that the target is to rescue their community by ensuring that drug peddlers have no place in Nteje.
According to him, drugs have done great harm to the society as the society is losing a good number of youths to drugs while many have abandoned school and their careers due to drug influence noting that the situation calls for a collective action to reclaim the youths and the community, expressing their readiness to collaborate with all security operatives to achieve the objective.
Dr. Ilodiuba called on the youths of Nteje to meaningfully engage themselves and promised that the community will help to train and empower any youth who will turn away from drug intake.
He warned those dealing on drugs in Nteje to leave the community themselves or be ready to face the wrath of the law once apprehended even as he called on other communities around them to key into the initiative for a more peaceful and progressive society.
While emphasizing that drug kills and destroys one’s future, Dr. Ilodiuba called on Nteje youths and youths of Anambra State to carve out a future for themselves by being committed to a decent life.
He thanked the people of the community for their support and Governor Soludo for his efforts to engage and empower the youths through one youth two skills entrepreneurship scheme and job creation noting that Nteje will remain supportive to his administration.
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