Kwara Government Reaffirms Commitment to Youth Empowerment, Tackles Drug Abuse

Date: 2025-03-27

The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to investing in initiatives and policies that empower young people and make drug abuse and crime unattractive to them.

This was highlighted during the second edition of the Stakeholders' Summit on Drug Abuse, Prevention, and Control held in Ilorin.

Meanwhile, a 35-year-old repentant drug addict, Omoh Hussein, has urged the government and enforcement agencies to focus their efforts on big pharmacy stores and hotels, which he claims are major sources of illicit drug supply.

Hussein, who once engaged in the use and distribution of illicit substances, attributed his past struggles to socio-economic factors and believes that targeted interventions in high-risk areas could significantly curb drug abuse in the state.

The government says it will continue to strengthen policies to reduce the menace of drug abuse in the state.

Professor Baba Awoye is the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Managing Director, Budo Egba, Kwara state.

He paints a picture of the havoc synthetic drug abuse does to users and suggests possible ways out.

This gathering reflects the collective commitment of participants to tackling the growing menace of drug abuse, particularly the rising crisis of synthetic drugs.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     KwaraLearn     Students Union Government     Imam Gambari     Isin     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     CUTI     RTEAN     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Shola Odetundun     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Shade Omoniyi     Mukhtar Shagaya     Sabitiyu Grillo     Jebba     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Adanla-Irese     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Modibo Kawu     The Herald     CACOVID     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     CT Ayeni     Yaru     Lanre Olosunde     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Col. Taiwo     Falokun-Oja     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Presidential Election     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Abubakar Lah     Tunde Oyawoye     Bolakale Saka     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     VADA     Royal FM     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Tunde Saad     Kayode Ogunlowo     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Lucky Omoluwa     Ahmad Uthman     Al-Ilory     Toyin Sanusi     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Salihu Yahaya     Quareeb Islamic Association     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Isau     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kwasu     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Lateef Alagbonsi     Offa Poly     IEDPU     Abdulkadir Orire     Shuaib Olarongbe     Government House     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Hikmah AbdulKareem     BIR     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Radio Kwara     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     N-Power    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akeem Lawal     Sulyman Buhari     Abdullahi Biffo     Pategi     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Osuwa     Oyedepo     Cassava Growers\' Association     AbdulHamid Adi     Olabode George Towoju     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Just Law Forum     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Manzuma     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Col. Taiwo     Senate President     Malete     Bureau Of Lands     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Erin-ile     Student Learning Support Helpline     Saidu Isa     Sabi     Tunde Kazeem     IHS Towers     International Vocational Centre     Al-Adaby     Yakubu Gobir     Al-Ilory     Split Diamond Interchange     Bashiru Makama     Kwara NIPR     Harmony Holdings     Students Union Government     Sola Saraki University     PharmAccess Foundation     Radio SBS     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Olupako Of Share     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     NULGE     Bola Olukoju     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Computer Based Test     Zulu Gambari     Kwara Poly     Ibrahim Mohammed     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Bayo Onimago     Monkey Pox     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Budo-Egba     Alfa Belgore     Agboola Abdulraheem     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     NAWOJ     Ayegbeni     Bayer AG     Shuaib Olarongbe     HICA     Face Masks     Elerin Of Adanla     Salihu S. Yaru     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Bolakale Saka     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Yakubu Danladi     Ahman Patigi     ER-KANG     Amos Justus Sayo     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji