World Drug Day: Kwara is committed to zero tolerance—Gov Ahmed

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the pursuit of zero tolerance for drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

Ahmed in a statement issued to mark this year’s International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, noted that his administration’s resolve to rid the state of drug cells and abuse remain unshaken as strategies have been developed to ensure that access and abuse of illicit substances are checked. "My administration's cooperation and assistance to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and other security agencies on the task of curbing Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking would be sustained”, he pledged. Ahmed, who described Kwara youths as the future of the state, emphasised that hoodlums arrested recently in Ilorin, would go through due process of the law while unemployed youths in the state would be availed entrepreneurship development opportunities.

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