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Demand Drug-Free Certificate As a Requisite For Marriage – Marwa

 


The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen Muhammad Buba Marwa (Rtd), has called on parents and other stakeholders to always demand drug-free certificate as a requisite for marriage and other important programmes.

Marwa disclosed this on Friday during the inauguration of a Behavioural Action Care Foundation Centre in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.The Behavioural Centre was built by the Ogbomoso First Group, under its community initiative.

The NDLEA Boss lamented the prevalence in use of illicit substances, saying the war against it must be a collective effort and commended Ogbomoso First Group for the initiative.

”There is no community in this country that has not suffered from this debilitating disease of drug use, drug abuse and addiction.

“We, in the NDLEA, will continue to crackdown on all sources of illicit substances in the country. We will deny their exportation, we will seize them when we find them and will destroy them,” he said.

The former military administrator of Lagos state in company of Ogbomoso First members also paid a courtesy and advocacy visit to the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade Ill and Onpetu of Ijeruland, Oba Sunday Oladapo.

Former Oyo state, Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala and Sen. Ayoade Adeseun, and Dr Saka Balogun in their separate goodwill messages, lauded Marwa for transforming the NDLEA and commended the Ogbomoso First Group for the laudable developmental contributions and initiative. 

Barr. Olusegun Adekunle, the President, Ogbomoso First Group, lamented the alarming rate of drug abuse and addiction among the youth in the society.He said that the centre was established at rehabilitating those who might be suffering from drug abuse or addiction.



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