Kidnappings, drug abuse, gender based violence, not peculiar to Nigeria, says Dr Chris Ekiyor
By: Odie Ramon, Yenagoa.
The rate of kidnapping all over the world has been described as something worrisome and Nigeria is not left out in this global menace because People are taking people for kidnapping, drug abuse, human trafficking and gender based violence not peculiar to Nigeria alone.
In media chat with newsmen in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital, Dr. Chris Ekiyor said, the current trend in drug abuse and human trafficking is alarming and there are people of influence promoting it. “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”.
According to Dr. Ekiyor, the people dealing in drugs, there mind have been toy with it, so the ability to even reason properly is not there. “Some of them have been brainwashed that there are better life out there and even if there is, there are proper way to go about it.
“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.
“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 faced with economic pressure and so they don’t really have time to mentor the young ones by giving 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. And as a community, if they see something strange they should speak up.
“Drug abuse, human trafficking,they are like hands in glove, they move together, as they move young people, they move together, just sitting down and complaining is not enough, a deliberate action needs to be taken by government and all other institutions to blocked the opportunity for profiteers who take pleasure in taking young people for this trade. Community must play their role too.
“Women and teenagers are the greater majority facing this challenges, we are focusing on women because they are more vulnerable and naive”.
On what role is the traditional institution is playing to reverse the ugly trend, he said in his Kabiwei kingdom, there is deliberate efforts by the traditional institutions to block, arrests anyone involved in drug abuse and human trafficking if caught will make to face thev law “and in my place, we pursue more of academics than engaging in dangerous business”.
