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Tinubu urges NDLEA to crush illicit drug syndicate
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to renew the fight against substance abuse.
Tinubu made the call while declaring open the 31st meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLAF), on Tuesday in Abuja.
Represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, the president also enjoined the continent’s anti-drug agencies to fight against illicit drug trafficking in their respective countries.
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He warned vehemently that the African continent would remain in chains till it breaks free from the shackles of the criminal enterprises of drug barons and syndicates of illicit drugs.
Speaking on his keynote address titled, “Rising Above the Drug Threat,” Tinubu said that Africa was at the mercy of a threat that knows neither race nor geography, neither gender nor social class”
He, therefore, enjoined the heads of drug law enforcement agencies to consider the conference in Abuja as a ray of hope and a catalyst for positive change across the continent.
President Tinubu thanked them for their sacrifices in ensuring a world that is free of illicit drugs.
