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March 7, 2019
Ministerfor Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Abubakar has said the FederalGovernment was commitment to scale up its response to drug abuse epidemic andrehabilitation of victims.
Aishasaid this when some members of the Queens College Old Girls Association,Northern chapter, visited her in Abuja.
Shenoted that drug abuse had become a major public health and security challengein Nigeria, saying it placed a significant threat to the social, health,economic fabric of the family and the productivity of the nation at large.
Shesaid that most women and children affected are afraid to report or giveinformation because they may be ridiculed, stigmatised or isolated.
Aisha said the ministry was open to work withcommitted stakeholders who can join in the efforts to stop the negative tide.
Earlier,the President of the Association, Fatima Betara, said that drug and substancesabuse as well as addiction were serious epidemic particularly in the North.