Omo, this one na jara! The chairman of NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (retd.), don drop better gist for our youths. E come motivate dem make dem embrace skills acquisition gidi gidi. Why? To prevent drug abuse and all those wahala wey dey follow am.
We dey hear plenty naija youths dey suffer from unemployment and drug palava, and the solution wey Marwa dey suggest go fit help clear dem from road. E talk say, as we fit train 10,000 youths with practical skills, na im go help combot joblessness, poverty and drug issue wey dey scatter everywhere.
For Abuja, as Marwa dey launch the youth empowerment and skills acquisition program, e dey stress say dis movement no be small play. E no dey be like charity; na serious business wey go help holdup our future. The government no fit do am alone; all of us need to come together—NGOs, religious bodies, and community heads, make we all work hand in hand.
Marwa don yarn say, ‘Youths na solution, no be problem.’ Na wetin e mean be say, make dem no dey see themselves like burden; rather, dem suppose see the plenty talent and creativity wey dey inside dem. E come urge dem to chook eye for opportunities wey go boost dem self-development, and leave drugs for road.
As the gist dey be, naija still dey struggle with drug abuse issue, and na this kind empowerment programs na im be the way to go. NDLEA dey push for more activities wey go go help dey prevent these yoofs from falling into drug traps.
Omo, make we face am—dis message dey important. Marwa dey push everybody to join hands together. Na everybody paddy, make we help squish drug abuse and crime totally.
We fit no feel all the pressure yet, but with skills acquisition and empowerment, young people fit create better future. Enough of this drug wahala, abeg! If we fit train dem well, we fit get stronger obodo—safer and prosperous, as Marwa talk.
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