The state commandant of the agency, Hajiya Maryam Gambo Sani disclosed this yesterday in Katsina at the commissioning of a rehabilitation centre built and donated to the agency by the state government.
Those arrested according to
her includes, 20 students, 49 females and 113 males, while a total number of 46
suspects were convicted and 131 drug users were counselled by the agency.
Similarly, Sani further
disclosed that in 2018 the agency in Katsina made a seizure of 452,4145kg of
Cannabis Sativa, 10, 746 tablets of psychotropic substance and 26,099 bottles
of cough syrup with codeine.
She noted that the
rehabilitation centre has in the last three month succeeded in counselling and
training 30 female clients on skills acquisition which according to her was
shouldered by the state ministry of women affairs.
The commandant commended
the administration of Governor Aminu Bello Masari for building and
rehabilitation of the centre, which she said was the first of its kind in the
country.
In his remark, Governor
Masari urged all stakeholders to join hands with the agency and the government
in tackling the menace of drug abuse across the state and the country at large.
The governor represented by
his deputy, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu said the government has since inception
accorded greater priority to the fight against drug abuse and trafficking.
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