CSO Mobilize 5000 Youths Match against Drugs Abuse .By Okwo romeon

The National Association of Nigeria Drugs Monitoring (NANDRUM) a non governmental organization has mobilized a 5000 match to sensitize the public against Drug abuse in Abuja. The team of men and women were in National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja where they were received y the Committee clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives on Drug and Narcotic on behalf of the chairmen as part of this year sensitization program. Speaking to newsmen shortly after the event,the Organizer and Chief executive of the Organization,Mrs Christabel Okoye said, “the youths were brought together from across the states to discuss on how to reduce drugs abuse among the peers and also to sensitized the youths, producers ,retailers across the Drug chain lines on the danger of drugs abuse in the country . She claimed, NANDRUM has been mobilizing youths across the country over the last five years in it effort to educate drugs abuse among the youths and provide a platform to engage them on technical skills for purposeful living. Mrs Okoye enjoined parents and guidance to join government and civil society organizations to profound lasting solutions to the menace of drugs abuses in the nation by giving their children religious training, imbibing moral discipline to both young adults and teenagers to eradicate drugs abuses totally from the country. The National Association of Nigeria Drugs Monitoring (NANDRUM) is a National ngo with core mandate to reduce youths restlessness in Drugs and it has been supported by both international and government agencies among them is NDELA,NAFDAC and the United nation agency UNIDO and others. The 5000 man match in Abuja is among series of programs line up by the NGO to create public awareness among stakeholders to support related government agencies in their quest to win the war on Drugs traffickers and others related offenses in the country.

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