‘Nigeria’s Shift From Transit Point To Drug Consumer Nation Dangerous’
Worried by the use of illicit drugs by youths in the country, the Director-General, Kaduna State Bureau for Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment (KADBUSA), Dr. Joseph Maigari, has said that shift from drug transit nation to consumers is dangerous as a contributory factor in no small measure to the security challenges facing the country. INDEPENDENT reports.
Dr Maigari stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting with civil society groups and non-governmental organizations at the headquarters of the Bureau in Kaduna. Information Guide Nigeria
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In his words: “The prevalence of substance abuse started many years back when Nigeria became a transit point for drug traffickers to Europe. However, inadequate efforts to address the challenge through the supply side, while leaving the demand side contributed immensely to the huge growth of the challenge”. jamb results
“There are consequences of substance abuse in terms of banditry and security challenges in the country. It’s a pandemic. About 10.9% of people in Kaduna state are involved in drug abuse, it is a huge problem from whenNigeriawasatransitcountry to Europe”.
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