The Anambra State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Charles Onubuogu, has reiterated the command’s commitment to eradicating drug abuse and trafficking.
Onubuogu urged residents to have confidence in the agency’s capacity to fulfil its mandate of keeping Anambra free from illicit drugs.
He, therefore, appealed for cooperation from members of the public, particularly in the area of providing useful information in the command’s strive to make the state free from drug trafficking and consumption.
He told newsmen that no amount of development would be achieved in a society where drug abuse and trafficking was rampant.
He also urged the media, community leaders, faith-based Organisations, NGOs to partner the command for aggressive awareness creation on demerits of the substance abuse.
Onubuogu decried the alarming rate of drug-related crimes in some communities in the state and urged united efforts to tackle the menace.
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“We can reasonably reduce the demand and supply of illicit substances in our communities and save the future of our loved ones from drugs destructions if we pay due attention to them.
“We as a body have responsibility to train our children well and warm them against harmful practices capable of destroying their existence.” he added.