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The rate of kidnapping all over the world has been described as worrisome even as Nigeria is not left out in the global menace as people are still being taken hostage.
A former President of Ijaw Youth Council, Dr. Chris Ekiyor said this in a chat with newsmen in Bayelsa.
He said the current trend in drug abuse and human trafficking is alarming, accusing influential persons of promoting it .
Urged government agencies to up their game to forestall the menace.
“This country has Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and National Agency For Food, Drugs and Administration (NAFDAC), they need to do more to block those leakages where those drugs are coming from,” he said.
He advised the youths to be focused and not indulge in vices.
“So my advice to young people is to first of all have a vision and be focused, don’t get distracted. It is mostly vision less people that they easily get into their head and they quickly buy into those ideas”.
He also blamed parents and adults for not paying attention to the upcoming generations.
“We are failing the next generations because there is a gap between parental care for this young generations because they do whatever want to do this days and make decisions at a tender age without minding the implications . Parents are face with economic pressure and so they don’t really have time to mentor the young ones by given them parental care and love.
“But we must reverse back to the status quo where parents play their roles and the communities stand up to it’s responsibility and that will help reduce the human trafficking, drugs abuse and gender based violence in our society.
He said in his kingdom, there is deliberate efforts by the traditional institutions to arrests anyone involved in drug abuse and human trafficking.
