Tackling drug menace with new responses

As part of activities to commemorate the 2026 World Drug Day, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently mapped out some programmes to highlight the dangers of illicit drugs. This was disclosed some days ago during a joint press briefing by the NDLEA and the UNODC at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), who spoke at the event, said that the World Drug Day, usually observed globally on June 26 annually, is a “vital occasion during which our collective efforts against the illicit drug menace are evaluated, refined and given a definit...