The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has said a number of entertainers abuse drugs and also encourage others to do the same through their work and activities on social media.
Marwa said this when he received leaders of Nollywood industry under the aegis of Actors Guild of Nigeria, at the National Headquarters of the NDLEA in Abuja, on Monday.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the AGN leaders declared support for the Agency’s ongoing war against drug abuse in Nigeria even as they expressed their preparedness to join the crusade against the scourge.
He said Marwa expressed confidence that the campaign against drug abuse in the country will go far with the offer of partnership and support from the leadership of AGN.
Marwa was quoted as saying,
“A number of artists don’t only use, they also encourage others to abuse drugs through their work and activities on social media. We want the Guild to set good example by leading the war within its circle. Your movies must promote messages against the use of illicit drugs because the minds of millions are shaped by what they watch in movies. We need you to set up War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, committees within your industry.”
Speaking earlier, National President of AGN, Emeka Rollas Ejezie, said, “We are here today to affirm our complete support to your efforts in combating the menace of drugs in our society as we strongly believe will help reduce drug crime to the barest minimum.
“As a Guild of major influencers and in line with our set objectives to educate, inform and entertain as well as our avowed commitment to national development, we seek a mutually beneficial partnership with the NDLEA to leverage on the star-power of our members in promoting some of your transformation programs especially on drug trafficking and abuses.
