The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse Buba Marwa has put the nation’s figure of drug addicts at about 15 million.
Marwa, who announced the figure upon visitation of the committee to Katsina State to meet with critical stakeholders, described the situation as alarming and an emergency which needs to be urgently checkmated.
According to the chairman, the global average rating of drug use is at five per cent, but in Nigeria, it is 15 per cent.
Marwa said it was toward addressing the problem that prompted the Federal Government to raise the committee to proffer recommendations and steps to be taken to resolve the issue of drug abuse in the country.He emphasised the need for government to strengthen security agencies in order to cut the supply chain of the abused drugs in the country.
