The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has charged parents and other stakeholders to rise up to the challenge of ensuring that illicit substances were kept away from young Nigerians.
The Chairman, NDLEA, Buba Marwa, made the call in a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi in Abuja.
Marwa warned that complacency was capable of compromising the bright future ahead of the youth population.
The NDLEA boss said that instead of benefitting from the advantages of the huge youth population in Nigeria, the reverse might be the case.
This, he said, would be if relevant stakeholders failed to stand up and join ongoing efforts against the drug scourge.
Marwa said that in response to whole-of-society approaches needed to ensure that people, young people most of all, have the information and develop the resilience to make good choices, especially as it relates to drug abuse.
