NDLEA Seeks Royal Fathers’ Support Against Drug Abuse

The Anambra State bid of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has called for the enactment of royal fathers to successfully combat cause maltreatment successful 189 communities successful the state.

The authorities commandant of the agency, Mr Charles Onubuogu, told newsmen connected Saturday successful Awka that  NDLEA was committed to warring cause maltreatment and trafficking successful Anambra.

The NDLEA brag said the bureau was highly committed to achieving disposable results successful its ongoing War  Against Drug Abuse (WADA) run crossed the communities successful the state.

He said that his committedness to combat against cause maltreatment and trafficking had precocious led his squad of elder officers connected an advocacy sojourn to the Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers.

He said the sojourn was portion of NDLEA’s ongoing WADA run aimed astatine seeking their enactment arsenic partners successful the combat against cause maltreatment and trafficking and arsenic custodians of civilization and motivation authority.

“Traditional rulers play precise weighty roles astatine the assemblage level arsenic specified cannot beryllium sidelined successful a superior substance specified arsenic the combat against cause maltreatment and its related hazards.

“There is simply a dire request for corporate action, due to the fact that cause maltreatment remains a large operator of transgression and insecurity successful the nine and needed not to beryllium treated with kid gloves,” Onubuogu said.

He said the warfare against cause maltreatment and trafficking could not beryllium defeated without the royal fathers’ input being the cardinal stakeholders of the communities.

Onubuogu said that their enactment was highly needed due to the fact that the voices, influences and authorities of royal fathers astatine the grassroots levels are magical.

He said the royal fathers had irreplaceable skills successful mobilising their communities to be urgently to beingness redeeming and developmental programmes, particularly erstwhile they are escaped of charge.

He said that the agency’s caller sojourn to the assembly of accepted rulers led by its chairman, Igwe Chidubem Iweka III of Obosi, was fruitful.

Onubuogu said the royal fathers pledged  to mobilise their communities, contented directives against cause abuse, and enactment intimately with NDLEA to physique safer, drug-free towns.

He reassured them of the confidentiality of each accusation received from accepted rulers and their communities.

He promised to dainty specified accusation with utmost secrecy and to afloat analyse specified until justness is served. (NAN)