The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed that in three months it had seized drugs worth N75 billion.
It added that a total of 2,000 drug dealers across states in the country.
This was disclosed by the agency’s boss Buba Marwa on Thursday during a visit to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in Abuja.
Marwa stated that two drug dealers, who are nationals of the Niger Republic and Chad, admitted to being selling drugs to bandits.
Expressing support for the work done by the agency, the information minister said that his ministry would work with the NDLEA to “give maximum publicity to your activities, especially in the area of advocacy.
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“To date, we have launched a number of national campaigns. It will not be a bad idea for the ministry, working with the NDLEA, to launch a national campaign against drug trafficking and the use of illicit drugs.
“I will also encourage the NDLEA to work with the National Orientation Agency (NOA), which has set up Integrity Clubs in secondary schools nationwide, to reach the young ones with its campaign against drug use.
“It is common knowledge that drug money can be used to finance insurgency and terrorism. A successful fight against drug trafficking will, therefore, help to deny or reduce funding for insurgency.
“The kind of vicious banditry and kidnapping for ransom that our country has witnessed in recent times cannot be totally separated from illicit drug use and their effects on users who take to crime.”
