Esenvosa Izah
A Civil Society Organisation, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG), has enjoined Nigerians to shun all vices, including drug addiction that destroy humanity.
CACOBAs Chairman, Mr Toyin Raheem, made the call in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.
The statement was issued in commemoration of 2021 International Day of Happiness Day, marked annually on March 20.
The theme of the Day is Keep Calm. Stay Wise. Be Kind.
Raheem said that drug abuse was a contributory factor to sadness and that it has to be eradicated.
Every crime in Nigeria can be traced to drug abuse and the effects of the hard drug are sadness, pains and pangs.
Corruption, murder, banditry, armed robbery and even money laundering can all be linked to the hard drug in one way or the other besides bringing sadness to the people.
How many corrupt elements are truly happy in the real sense of happiness?
How many drug addicts are happy?
No happiness can be derived if lives of others are jeopardised, Raheem said.
He commended the efforts of the Executive Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, to rid the country of illicit substances.
CACOBAs chairman said that the importance of happiness in lives could not be overemphasised.
Marwa wants Nigeria to be a country in which all citizens are truly happy.
Hence, his determination to eradicate the use, selling and peddling of hard drugs.
A country in which drug abuse and the hard drug has no place, he said. (NAN)
Source: NAN News