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.

Yahaya Oloriegbe     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abdullahi Atanda     Magaji Erubu     Abraysports FC     Michael Nzwekwe     Jimoh Bashir     Kolawole Bashirat     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Agboola Abdulraheem     2023 Elections     Tunji Moronfoye     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Shero     Adeola Abraham     Sunset Workers     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     N-Power     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     SSA Youth Engagement     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Mutawalle     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     NIRSAL     Arandun     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Shuaibu Yaman     Mamman Saba Jibril     Alaiye     NULGE     Ilorin South Constituency     Bola Sagaya     Peter Obi     Tsado Manman     Bilikisu Gambari     Taofeek Ibraheem     Olabode Towoju     Old Oyo     Ike Ekweremadu     Tunde Yusuf     Bankole Omishore     Kaiama     Sa\'adu Salau     Bahago     Falokun-Oja     Samuel Adaramola     Monkey Pox     Onikijipa     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Sadiq Umar     Aliyu Salihu     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Basit Olatunji     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Shonga     Egbejila     Aminat Omodara     Just Law Forum     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Sulyman Tejidini     Funmilayo Oniwa     Tayo Alao     Abdulhakeem Amao     April 11     Shettima Of Ilorin     Presidential Election     Ubandawaki     Centre For Digital Economy     Sidikat Alaya     Metro Park     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Olabode Towoju     Mohammed Saidu     Ariyo     Universal Basic Education Commission     Salman Suleiman     Tafida     Oloyede     Mumeen Lah     Oniye     Tunji Folami     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Apado     Oluranti Idowu     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Oyun     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Kamoru Kadiri     Daud Adeshola     Photo News     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Ibrahim Mohammed     Sanusi Abubakar     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     General Hospital, Ilorin     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Aliyu Umar     CELF     Kolawole Akande     Kishira     Royal FM     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ayobami Seriki     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Albert Ogunsola     Omotosho     Olusola Saraki     Adijat Adebiyi     Moronfoye     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Oke-opin     Balogun-Ojomu     Okin Biscuit     Ilota     Mohammed Danjuma     Iponrin     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Boko Haram     N-Power     Garment Factory     Government House     Sulyman Buhari     Muhammed Akanbi     Kabir Shagaya     Hassan A. Saliu     Ishaq Salman     Okin High School     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Kunle Okeowo     All Peoples Party     Moro     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Gbenga Awoyale     Amosa     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Bayo Ajia     Kaosarah Adeyi     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Muhammadu Gobir     Bello Bature     Ballah     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Orire