In commemoration of this year’s International youth Day, Ikeja Dynamic Lions Club District 404B2 Nigeria, Friday held a walk/campaign against substance abuse.
Tagged ‘Say No To Drugs’, the campaign started from Agidingbi area of Ikeja through the New Africa Shrine area to Alausa Community, terminating on Odewale Street.
According to the club president, Lion Adeola Boluogun, the club decided to capitalise on the opportunity of the August 12 International Youth day to drive home the vital message against drug and substance abuse.
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“In the spirit of that day, we decided to pass a vital message to the youth, because we have noticed that it is from the ages of 15 to 65 that people use drugs the most. Last year, a survey by NAFDAC shows that the statistics of people that use drugs in Nigeria was about 14.3 million; and the figure keeps increasing. So as we celebrate the International Youth Day, we decided to take the message to our youths; to let them know and beware of the various pulls and causes and how they can go about avoiding it.”
Speaking on why they chose the two communities, club secretary, Adenekan Sherrif said ” These communities are some of the communities where we have lots of youths and where some of the prevailing conditions have made them vulnerable to some not so good decisions. So we believe our coming would go a long way in giving them a sense of direction and help them take the right decisions.’
Adenekan also expressed delight at the warm reception in the communities and how some parents even collected the fliers to give to their wards who were not around.