The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged to support the fight against drug trafficking in Nigeria.
The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari stated this on Monday when the management team of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) led by its Chairman, Brig. Gen. Muhammad Buba Marwa (rtd) paid him a courtesy visit at the NNPC Towers, Abuja.
The GMD’s statement was in response to Marwa’s appeal to the Corporation’s helmsman to not only ensure strict enforcement of the drug policy in the Corporation, but to be sensitive to the ravaging effect of drug abuse in the larger society.
“Consumption of illicit drugs is a major problem in this country, ravaging communities and all categories of people and dispositions. As an enabler organization that is very conscious of what happens in our country, we are very interested in the containment of illicit drugs in Nigeria,” Kyari noted.
Earlier, the NDLEA boss had appealed to the NNPC for support in the fight against the menace of drug abuse in the country even as he
commended the GMD for his doggedness and result-oriented leadership.