What will be in it for Nigeria if most of the voters in 2023 elections are multi-dimensionally poor and addicted to drugs? In other words
, what can BVAS and other electronic devices deliver to us in 2023 if most of the voters are multi-dimensionally poor and the bulk of the youth we depend on to change our crushing systemic failure may not be able to exercise good judgment because of drug addiction? And so will vote buying not dominate next election, in this connection? In this age of the big data, two of our credible institutions and agencies of governance released useful and big data we can use to look into the seeds of time...
The survey, which sampled over 56,000 households across the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT, conducted between November 2021 and February 2022, states that 65 per cent of the poor, 86 million people, live in the North, while 35 per cent, nearly 47 million live in the South. As soon as the report was released, Senator Shehu Sani tackled the present administration for failing to lift even one million Nigerians out of poverty and instead threw 133 millions into abject poverty. President Buhari had unveiled government’s plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
His words: “Nigerians are not ignorant about drug trafficking and drug abuse issues. The activities of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , in the past 22 months have given our society a clear picture, certainty and the severity of the drug problem in the country. The arrest of 19, 341 drug offenders and subsequent conviction of 3, 111 in addition to the seizure of 5.
Other speakers at the lecture were Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Doctor, Tranquil and Quest Behavioural Health, Dr. Nkemamolam Ndiomuka; Director General, Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry , Dr. Dokun Adedeji, and former Director General and member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Eradication of Drug Abuse , Otunba Lanre Ipinmisho.
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