The Director-General of the Yobe State Agency for Substance Use Prevention, Drug Abuse Control, Treatment and Rehabilitation (YOSADAC), Alhaji Baba Shehu, has met with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Country Representative, Mr. Cheick Ousmane Touré, to discover areas of collaboration on drug abuse prevention, remedy and rehabilitation.
The assembly, held on the UNODC consultant’s workplace in Abuja, targeted on strengthening institutional capability and exploring help for YOSADAC’s short-, medium- and long-term interventions.
During the engagement, Touré counseled the Yobe State Government, underneath the management of Governor Mai Mala Buni, for establishing the company to deal with substance use and drug abuse-related challenges within the state.
He expressed UNODC’s willingness to collaborate with YOSADAC in advancing its mandate by interventions aimed toward bettering drug abuse prevention, remedy and rehabilitation companies.
In his remarks, Baba Shehu mentioned the engagement clearly indicated the significance of strategic partnerships between authorities establishments and worldwide growth organisations in tackling substance use and drug abuse.
He mentioned that, with the continued help of the state authorities and potential collaboration with UNODC, the company was dedicated to strengthening prevention initiatives, bettering entry to remedy and rehabilitation companies, and selling the reintegration of affected people into society.
The Director-General added that the proposed collaboration would help efforts to guard weak populations, empower communities and construct a more healthy, safer and drug-resilient Yobe State.
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