A Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Drug Free Arewa Movement has called for the ban of drug hawkers to rescue the northern region from drug abuse.
A Member of the Legal Committee of the group, Gambo Wakili made the call while reading the communiqué issued at the end of its first Anti-drug Abuse Youth Leadership Summit in Abuja.
She said that the call had become necessary in order to clear the northern region of quack drug sellers and administers that sell to ignorant people who misuse them.
Wakili explained that the group wanted the 19 northern states Governors, elders, traditional rulers, legislators, and other stakeholders to participate in the total emancipation drive to drastically reduce drug abuse and trafficking to ensure generational sustenance.
According to her, the call followed a national survey on Drug Use and Health in Nigeria conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS which showed the rate of drug abuse in the north.
Also speaking, the convener of the group, Ibrahim Yusuf said that the group would present the communiqué to be used as a policy document by the Federal and state Governments to curb the challenge of illicit drugs.
