A Professor of Educational Guidance and Counseling at the University of Kigali, Rwanda, Abdulrazaq Olayinka Oniye, has called on the Kwara State Government to enact stringent policies to curtail the use of illicit drugs amongst youths in the State.
It be recalled that intra-group clashes leading to public disturbance occurred last week among Abemi-Itamerin-Popo Giwa youth groups over a JSS II female student identified as Aisha, where less than 25 vehicles were reportedly destroyed.
Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in Ilorin, Professor Oniye described the development as a sad, worrisome and potential recipe for the breakdown of law and order.
The Marriage, Sex and Family Counseling specialist also said such incidents must be nipped in the bud so that other youths would not use it as precedent to cause similar acts of brigandage.
“The intra-group clashes and public disturbance which occurred over the weekend around Abemi-Itamerin involving youth groups fighting over a JSS 2 female student is, to say the least worrisome.
“It is an ugly development and potential recipe for the breakdown of law and order. It must be nipped in the bud so that other youths do not use it as precedent to cause similar acts of brigandage.
“The youths must have acted under the influence of drug and substance abuse to have acted in such dastardly manner”, he said.
According to him, the youths must have acted under the influence of drug and substance abuse, asking the law enforcement agencies, especially the NDLEA and parents to rise to identify and deal decisively with the perpetrators of the dastardly act as well as put in place measures to ensure that such never occurred anywhere in the community again.
Professor Oniye wanted government in collaboration with the relevant organs to intensify sensitisation against drug and substance abuse and enact stringent policies to curtail use of illicit drugs in the community.
The Dean of Education at the University of Kigali, Rwanda also appealed to religious and community leaders to join hands with government on due sensitisation of youths and all other citizens to shun drug use and substance abuse.
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