The Nigeria of everybody’s dreams and aspirations can only be achieved if all and sundry work towards a society free of social vices.
Oyo State Director, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mrs. Folake Ayoola made this known in Ibadan at the agency’s sensitization programme against political thuggery, kidnappings, drug addiction, radicalisation, and violent extremism.
Mrs. Ayoola noted that the increasing trend of drug abuse, violence, thuggery, and radicalisation of the youth was worrisome.
She noted that recent findings have linked the twain problems of violence and radicalisation to youths who were willing to become tools in the hands of the political class.
While speaking on the long-term effect of drug abuse on the country, the NOA boss opined that stakeholders must pay attention and take urgent steps to tackle the problem before the situation become uncontrollable.
The Special Adviser to Oyo State Governor on Community Development, Mr. Femi Josiah enjoined the media should live up to their responsibility of informing the public on the effect of social vices on society.
Also speaking, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Oyo State, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, and representatives of other security agencies appealed to parents to be proactive in the upbringing of their children.
They also advised politicians not to see elections as a do-or-die affair, while the youth should avoid all forms of vices that could soil their names, the image of the state, and the country at large.
Mosope Kehinde
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