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The NDLEA Commander appealed to the government to support the Command with logistics such as vehicles for operational activities, ensure that the committee on drugs abuse is functioning, establish committees against drugs abuse at the LGA and ward levels, and build rehabilitation centers targeting those who need to be rehabilitated.
He said, “I listened with rapt attention to the activities of the Agency since you came on board and some of the numbers and statistics are not very encouraging but it is better for us to know the blatant truth that to be hidden because Bauchi is a state that is a gateway to about seven states and gateway to 3 zones of the country, North-East, North-Central and North-West, so, it is in the middle.
“It is normal with people to move away from where there is insecurity to where it is more secure and with that issue of enjoyment may lead to abuse, and so, I thank you for prosecuting over 100. That means that you are not complacent, you are working very hard to ensure a free drug society, and you are not looking people in the eyes.
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