Nigerian may be sitting on a keg of gunpowder if something urgent is not done about the rising cases of drug abuse among youths.
The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Gbenga Ashafa gave this warning in an interview with Vanguard.
He lamented that the high rate of drug abuse among youths may lead to psychiatric hospitals in the country being filled with youths
“Drug,” according to him, “is something that is affecting that group of Nigerians, if nobody is saying anything, in the next three years we would have our psychiatric homes full of young people begging for mental treatment.”
The Senator, who is sponsoring a bill to tame drug abuse, wondered who would take up the jobs that the Federal Government says it would create when most of the youths are into drugs.
“When I was thinking about this bill, what was in my mind was the situation where our youths are just abusing drugs,” he said.
“If we succeed in creating employment for our youth, what kind of youths are we creating the jobs for?
“Are we creating the jobs for sound minded individuals and young people or what? That is part of the side effects we are having with that.”
