Drug War: Group expresses support for NDLEA, launches ‘Protect a Life Advocacy’ // Now in the News
Drug War:
Group expresses support for NDLEA, launches ‘Protect a Life Advocacy’
By Gabriel
Ewepu – Abuja
As the war against drug barons
and traffickers gets fiercer, a nongovernmental organization, Adopt A Goal for
Development Initiative, AGDI, Monday, expressed support for National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, as it launches its campaign tagged ‘Protect A Life
Advocacy’ PALA.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive
Director, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, where it explained that PALA is to enlighten and
discourage youths from drugs including traffickers, and also to support NDLEA’s
campaign on drug-free life, which is a people oriented goal that will help the
country, especially, with the rising insecurity challenge it requires inclusive
support.
The statement
reads in part, “The activities of illicit drug cartels and dealers threaten the
right to life, liberty and security of person under the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. “In line with our avowed commitment to support the NDLEA in its
nationwide enlightenment campaigns to tackle the menace of drugs, we are
adopting innovative advocacy to strongly bring human rights perspective to the
fight.
“The Protect A Life Advocacy (PALA) is an inclusive strategy to
galvanise the civil society, the media, policy actors, foreign partners and the
public, to support and strengthen the NDLEA through human rights perspective.
“By bringing human rights into
this crusade to tackle the menace of Psychoactive substances, we can continue
to expand life-saving policies and programs that can help to address the
epidemic of drug abuse and bring respect for the value of every human life in
Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, the statement also reposed confidence on the Chairman
of NDLEA, Gen Buba Marwa (Retd), following impact and success recorded in the
fight against drug traffickers since his assumption of office.
“We have faith in what Gen.
Buba Marwa led NDLEA is doing to save Nigeria from drug pandemic; our focus
should therefore be to strategically complement it by getting people off
dangerous and harmful narcotics.
“Adopt A Goal believes that embarking on campaigns and advocacy
that save the lives of people who use drugs is taking practical action on the
inalienable human right to life,” the statement added.
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