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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured 984 convictions since January this year.<\/p>\n

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Mohammed Buba Marwa, who disclosed this on Monday, said the convictions were on drug-related offences.<\/p>\n

Marwa spoke at his residence in Yola while receiving newly elected executives of the Adamawa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), saying the Nigerian population still has a huge percentage that depends on hard drugs.<\/p>\n

He said about 15 million out of the 200 million Nigerians are into drugs and many of them are addicted.<\/p>\n

He said President Muhammadu Buhari has launched War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) to reinvigorate the fight against hard drugs.<\/p>\n

According to him, more rehabilitation centres are on the way across the nation.<\/p>\n

He advocated collective efforts, with the media playing a vital part, in safeguarding the nation against hard drugs.<\/p>\n

Buba Marwa who congratulated his visitors over their victory at the recent NUJ council election, charged them to champion the fight against drug abuse.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier, the state Chairman of the NUJ, Comrade Ishaka Dedan pledged the union\u2019s cooperation in enlightening the public on the scourge of hard drugs.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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