The
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said that an estimated 16 million
Nigerians use Indian hemp while another seven million are on cocaine and
heroin.
Ahmadu
Giade, NDLEA chairman, disclosed this at the official presentation of an
anti-drug abuse campaign tagged ‘Be Smart, Don’t Start’.
The
campaign, which includes a television commercial, is jointly promoted by the
Agency in collaboration with the Celebrity Drug-Free Club.
“77,488
suspected drug traffickers were arrested by the NDLEA between 2000 and 2013 for
various drug offences even as over 100 officers died in the line of duty since
the Agency commenced operations in 1990,” said Mr. Giade.
Members
of the Celebrity Drug-Free Club that featured in the commercial include Dayo
Adeneye, Ogun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy and Chief
Executive Officer of Prime Time Entertainment; Wilson Ighodalo, President of
Drug Salvation Foundation and Convener of NDLEA Celebrity Drug-Free Club; and
Azuh Arinze, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Yes Magazine.
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