Drug: EU Contributes 50 Million Euros To Tackle Abuse, Trafficking In W/Africa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 18, 2019
Head of Cooperation, European Union Delegation to ECOWAS,Kurt Cornelis, said that EU had contributed 50 million Euros to the fightagainst drug use and illicit drug trafficking in West Africa.
Cornelis stated this in an interview with newsmen at the end of the launch of2014-2017 West African report on drugs in Abuja.
He said the programme started in 2014 through EUimplementation partners, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimefollowingreported increase in drug abuse in the sub-region.
The EU official said it was also discovered years ago thatWest Africa was used to transport drugs, hence the bloc’s interest in fundingprogrammes that will curb the menace.
He said they support ECOWAS in many areas and they havenoticed that drug use and illicit trafficking of drugs have become a problem inWest Africa, so they decided to increase their support to ECOWAS in this area.