President Muhammadu Buhari has launched War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) to reinvigorate the fight against hard drugs.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa, made this known on Monday, while receiving newly elected executives of the Adamawa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at his residence in Yola.
According to him, more rehabilitation centres are on the way across the nation.
MArwa also noted that NDLEA has secured 984 convictions on drug-related offences since January this year.
He said the Nigerian population still has a huge percentage that depends on hard drugs, stating that about 15 million out of the 200 million Nigerians are into drugs and many of them are addicted.
He advocated collective efforts, with the media playing a vital part, in safeguarding the nation against hard drugs.
Buba Marwa who congratulated his visitors over their victory at the recent NUJ council election, charged them to champion the fight against drug abuse.