Withdraw Mandy Kiss’s appointment as Anti-Drug Ambassador, NANS demands

By Adesina Wahab

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called connected the Lagos State Kick Against Drug Abuse Initiative, LASKADA, to instantly retreat the ani-drug ambassadorial presumption it precocious gave Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known arsenic Mandy Kiss connected societal media, saying the assignment is inappropriate and counterproductive.

In a connection connected Friday nighttime by Comr. Adejuwon Olatunji Emmanuel, Assistant Secretary General, NANS Headquarters, the assemblage expressed sedate and heavy interest implicit the appointment.

“We expresses heavy interest implicit the caller assignment of Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known arsenic Mandy Kiss, arsenic a marque ambassador of the Lagos State “Kick Against Drug Abuse” inaugural (LASKADA). While the run itself is laudable, the prime of ambassador is some inappropriate and counterproductive.

“Mandy Kiss, days earlier this appointment, publically made statements astir engaging successful wide intersexual activity, remarks that went viral and generated nationalist outrage. Such pronouncements are inconsistent with the values of responsibility, dignity, and self-control that a nationalist wellness run similar LASKADA is meant to promote. The credibility of the messenger is arsenic important arsenic the message, and successful this case, the messenger undermines the message.

“The determination by the Lagos State Commissioner for Youth & Social Development, Hon. Mobolaji Ogunlende, to o.k. this assignment raises superior questions astir judgement and owed process. Influence unsocial cannot beryllium the ground for specified a delicate role. While it is existent that young radical perceive to influencers, the close ambassadors indispensable harvester power with credibility, education, and a way grounds of affirmative impact. There are countless educated young Nigerians, students, graduates, professionals, and liable societal media influencers who bid some visibility and respect, and who would person been acold much deserving choices for this role.

“We powerfully judge that this assignment sends the incorrect connection astatine a clip erstwhile authorities should beryllium intentional astir values, relation models, and the aboriginal of Nigerian youth. By endorsing arguable figures, the authorities risks eroding nationalist spot successful an different noble campaign.

“The commissioner adjacent came retired to support wherefore they gave her the appointment, and we present ask, does helium not cognize specified assignment volition marque much youths to privation to bash atrocious things to get authorities honour?

“However, the Lagos State Government indispensable instantly retreat the assignment of Mandy Kiss arsenic LASKADA Ambassador. The Commissioner should apologise to stakeholders, including students, parents, and younker advocates, whose spot successful the run has been shaken. Also, a transparent enactment process should beryllium instituted to guarantee that aboriginal ambassadors are educated, credible, and susceptible of inspiring young radical positively.

“We urge that the authorities authorities prosecute credible students, reformed substance-abuse survivors, younker leaders, respected professionals, and societal media figures with cleanable reputations who tin talk with authorization and integrity.

“As the dependable of Nigerian students, NANS remains committed to supporting each effort aimed astatine curbing cause abuse. However, we volition ne'er basal by and ticker the conflict for younker improvement reduced to sensational headlines and misplaced priorities.

“The unity and wellness of our younker are excessively important to beryllium gambled with. We telephone connected the Lagos State Government to close this mistake instantly successful the involvement of the campaign’s occurrence and the credibility of leadership.”

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