The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its engagement with music star, Afeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, was to
encourage him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that will discourage millions of his followers and Nigerian youths from substance abuse.
The artiste had on Thursday, August 17, 2023 led members of his team on a visit to the national headquarters of the anti-narcotics Agency in Abuja, to express his preparedness to join the fight against drug abuse in the country. NDLEA said the clarification became necessary following what it called “continued misrepresentation” of the purpose of the visit, especially by online platforms where some reports suggested that the British-Nigerian singer was appointed as an NDLEA Ambassador.
According to a statement signed by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Saturday, “This is misleading and absolute falsehood as the pictures of the visit and the short video containing Naira Marley’s advocacy message to his followers were properly captioned and shared by the Agency without any suggestion of such appointment.
“The decision by the Agency to encourage Naira Marley with over seven million followers, half the population of those who abuse drugs in Nigeria, use his platform share anti-substance abuse messages as against using same to promote and glamourize drug abuse with the dire consequence of misleading millions of Nigerian youths into their peril, is to create a balance between our drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
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