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.

Sa\'adu Salahu     Durbar Festival     Amada Jidda     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Women For Change And Development Initiative     National Broadcasting Commission     Bankole Omisore     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Omotoso     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Sherif Shagaya     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Bluenile Associates     Oke-Ode     Musa Aibinu     Asa     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Seni Saraki     Usman Rifun     Belgore     Kisira     Nnazua     Tafida Of Kaiama     Yemi Osinbajo     Kannike     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     YAKOOYO     Usman Alkali Baba     Muhammed Akanbi     Bayo Lawal     Shururat Olatinwo     Kwara Poly     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Saidu Kawu     Okiki     Hussein Oloyede     Abdullahi Atanda     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     AIT Ilorin     National Party Of Nigeria     Sunset Workers     Ibrahim Abiodun     Alao Ayotunde     V.O. Abioye     Funmilayo Zubair     Village Alive Development Association     Innocent Okoye     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Yemi Sanni     Folorunsho Erubu     Trade Lenda SME Fair     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Isiaka Oniwa     Abdulwahab Ololele     Oniye     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Risikat Lawal     Idiagbon     Ballah     Hassan Oyeleke     Oyawoye     Florence Saraki     Code Of Conduct     Kale Ayo     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     PPS     Oloyede     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Jebba     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Azeez Salawu     Iqra Books     Jamila Bio Ibrahim    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bola Sagaya     Sheikh Alimi     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Salihu S. Yaru     Jimoh Akani     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Moshood Bakare     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     LABTOP     Al-Ilory     Rashidi Yekini     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Segun Olawoyin     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Ilorin Airport     Fareedah Dankaka     Idris Garuba     Malete     Atunwa     Mohammed Haruna     Gambari     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Yekini Adio     NIPR     Ojo Isekuse     Revenue Court     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Amuda Musbau     Biliaminu Aliu     Sanusi Abubakar     Ben Duntoye     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Idiagbon     Ahmed     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ladi Hassan     Segun Abifarin     Alaiye     Al-Adaby     Dumagi     Yakub Ali-Agan     Tayo Awodiji     Gbemi Saraki     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Oja-Oba     Kwara Hotel     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Hussein Olokooba     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Muslim Cementary     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Abdulkareem Alabi     Bankole Omisore     Sabitiyu Grillo     Sayomi     Admiralty Villa     Raymond Olaitan     Olusegun Adeniyi     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     RTEAN     Kunle Suleiman     Isiaka Yusuf     Galadima     Pakata Development Association     Clara Nwachukwu     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Olohungbebe     Aisha Ahman Pategi     KWASAA     Lanre Issa Onilu     Adesoye College     Joseph Offorjama     Shuaibu Yaman