The Northern Governor’s Wives Forum has commended the recent ban on the importation, production, distribution and consumption of codeine by the federal government. The Chairperson of the Forum, Hadiza Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, in a statement by her Press Secretary, Rashida Yusuf,
said the ban imposed by the Federal Ministry of Health was a major breakthrough in the fight against drug abuse and addiction in the country and urged relevant authorities to enforce the ban.
“The northern governors’ wives have made the fight against drug abuse a priority. Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Niger, and Bauchi States had already set up drug community volunteer scheme, skills acquisitions and drop-in-centres as well as provided female rehabilitation centres in their states.
The Centres are expected to among other things rehabilitate victims of drug abuse by providing them with counseling and moral support to enable them get reintegrated into their various societies and become useful members of their communities.”
The statement further urged stakeholders involved in the fight against the menace of drug abuse to put all hands on deck to achieve the target of drug-free society. It also admonished parents particularly, to monitor their children and wards with a view to nipping in the bud detected behaviors that would be drugs-instigated.
