ENACT LAWS ON DRUG ABUSE, SOCIAL VICES - SPECIAL ADVISER

An appeal has been made to Kano State government to enact a law that would
check the menace of drug abuse, polical thuggery among others militating
against youth development in the state.

The appeal was made by the Special Adviser to the State Governor on youth
development, Alhaji Gambo Ado at the launching of the State Youth
Development Action Plan held recently in the state.

Alhaji Gambo identified drug addiction, proliferation of video viewing
houses, political thuggery and begging as the most social vices militating
against youth development. He called on the government to enact a law to
check the menace among youths in the state.

The adviser also appealed to the State government to rehabilitate youth
centre across the state and provide vocational training equipments and
other recreational facilities to further reduce youth hardship and
idleness. He further noted that youths, play a vital role in the societal
development.

Speaking during the occasion, the State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau,
enjoined youths to shun drug addiction, idleness and strive hard to engage
in trades so as to earn a living. He said government would accord priority
to youth development through comprehensive vocational training and skills
acquisition programme geared towards creating jobs for unemployed youth in
the state.

Shekarau further indicated the intention of the state government to set-up
village community relations committee geared toward boosting youth development.

He explained that membership of the committees would include community
elders within the locality who were to offer guidance and inculcate moral
values to youths towards building a virile society. He then disclosed that
the state government would provide fertilizer, farm inputs and tractors at
subsidized rate to assist youths engage in farming.