NUT DISAGRES WITH NDLEA OVER DRUG ABUSE

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has taken an exception to a statement credited to the National Drug  Law Enforcement Agent that drug abuse is on the increase among pupils in Anambra State.

The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr. Sule Momodu, at a recent award ceremony in Awka had reportedly asked stakeholders in education to join hands and arrest the trend.

However, speaking to our correspondent on Wednesday, the state NUT Chairman, Mr. Ifeanyi Ofodie, decried the assertion, saying the malaise is not peculiar to the state.

Rather, he said, the challenge in the basic education system in the state remained the preference for business by pupils.

“I will like to take strong exception to that view. Drug abuse as social malaise is not peculiar to Anambra pupils. However, I am concerned that young Nigerians are taking to addiction and you know that it cuts across age and gender. I was in my father’s house recently and I saw a young lady in uncompleted building smoking hemp. I later taught she just finish her National Youth Service Corps programme. ”