How Nigeria law impede Substance abuse fight

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The National  Drug Law Enforcement  Agency  NDLEA has decried lack of  enabling  laws  for  it to go after  individuals  and organisations promoting the abuse of substance other  than  drugs in Nigeria.


NDLEA is a Federal agency in Nigeria charged with eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard drugs. The agency was established by Decree Number 48 of January 1990. (READ THE NDLEA ACT)

 Aside section  13 which  was repealed in 2003,nothing has been done to review it  to be able  to deal substance  abuse. 

The  failure to  review  this  ACT by previous  and current  administration  has  therefore rendered  the NDLEA powerless  to tackle the menace,while empowering  substance  abuse  peelers to  go about  their  business  without  fear.


 A delegation of  the NDLEA Delta State command  who spoke  during  a round table meeting  organized  by the  National  Orientation Agency  and  Foundation  for Development and Community  Engagement FDCE on Thursday in Warri,Delta state confirmed that  the law establishing the agency  does not  empower it to crack down on cartels flying substance abuse. 

 MORE  DOMESTIC  SUBSTANCE  NOW ABUSED 

 Representative from Chevron Nigeria in the presentation warned that  alot of  domestic  substances  were being  abused daily as those  involved  continuously seek for means of getting  euphoric pleasure.
They pointed  while it is  easy  for individuals to  start substance abuse it is  difficult  for them to determine  when to stop the abuse,a situation that leads destruction of brain cells which hardly  regenerate



Watch Mrs.  Mine speak 


Speaking  at the  end of the meeting  director of  research and advocacy  FDCE Mrs Sheye Mene reechoed FDCE's  readiness  to partner  with  relevant bodies to tackle menace as well  as provide professional help  to Victims.

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