The traditional ruler of Ogilisi in Idemili South Local Government ofAnambra, Chief Alex Onyido, has lamented the proliferation of alcohol consumption centres in the state even as he called on relevant government agencies to evolve stringent measures to curtail them.
Chief Alex Onyido who made spoke today, Friday in Awka, at the the 2017 edition of Lady Victoria Onyido quiz competition, organized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, for secondary schools, said: “the trend is worrisome and not in the best interest of public health.
“Such facilities breed crime and criminality; the rate at which such businesses are springing up in all corners calls for concern.”
The Monarch, who is the sponsor of the quiz competition, said that it is meant to draw government’s attention to the use of illicit drugs among secondary school students.
He commended officers of the the NDLEA for their commitment to the fight against drug abuse and peddling, saying that drug addiction and abuse could lead to other vices like kidnapping, armed robbery and prostitution. [myad]
