The Commander of NDLEA yesterday paid a courtsey call on the Hon. Commissioner of Health Akwa Ibom to intimate the Commissioner on the need for the agency and ministry to form a strong synergy to fight against unwaton use of narcotics in the state.
NDLEA Akwa ibom state commander Mrs Obot Bassey however thanked the commissioner for her efforts so far in seeing to the fact that the use of hard substance in the state is curtailed to the barest minimum.
She said the courtesy visit to the commissioner of health Prof Augustine Vincent Umoh,with some of her principal officers the state secretariat was inline with the agency proactive efforts to reduce the use of hard drugs in the state, and to form an alliance to ensure that abuse of drugs is reduced.
In his response the Commissioner for health in the state, Prof Augustine Vincent Umoh promised to work closely with the NDLEA to steem the tide of abuse of drugs in the state to ensure that the youths chart a noble cause for their lives. He also promised to work hand in glove with NDLEA to ensure that the state is free from the abuse of drugs in the state.