The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,
NDLEA, announced that Nigeria has the highest number of
persons serving jail terms for drug related offences
worldwide.
Iweajunwa Okechukwu, the NDLEA commander in the state
disclosed this while celebrating the 2015 UN Drug Free Day
in Minna on Friday.
“There is no doubt that as a country, the menace of drug
abuse and trafficking is one of the biggest problems staring
us in the face today.
“All over the world, Nigerians are notorious for drug
trafficking. We have the highest number of traffickers
serving jail terms more than any other country in the world,’’
he said.
This year’s Drug Free Day is tagged: “Let’s Develop our
Lives, our communities and our identities without drugs’’.
Okechukwu said that the recent Indonesian incident
involving Nigerians was a pointer to the claim.
He said that in Niger there was a serious issue of drug
abuse, especially the prescription drugs and psychotropic
substances such as tramadol, rohypnol and diazepam.
According to him, other drugs abused in the state include
Librium, cough syrups with codeine, sukudia (suck and die),
glue, solutions, petrol, gutter dirt, zakami, lizard dung and
cannabis sativa (Indian hemp).
He said that the harmful habit was common among the
youths, married women, secondary school students and
primary school pupils.
The agency’s commander urged parents, teachers, religious
leaders, state government and traditional leaders to see
drug abuse as a societal problem that must be tackled by
all stakeholders toward minimising it.
Okechukwu advised the people of the state to desist from
abusing drugs and report illegal drug dealings to the
agency.
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