A social group, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has appealed to the Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, to warn politicians against engaging the youth in thuggery and drug abuse.
North- east coordinator of the group, Bobo Benson Bagwiba,Wednesday made the appeal when the group paid an advocacy visit to the monarch in his palace.
He stated that some youth become drug abusers as a result of their engagement by politicians as thugs and vanguards during campaigns thereby making many of them to get addicted to using illicit drugs.
Bobo cautioned that most of the criminal activities being perpetrated today in the nation are by the youth under the influence of illicit drugs.
Against that, he noted YALI embarked on spirited campaigns and sensitisation of youth in schools and communities on the dangers of hard drug consumption among the youth.
The Emir commended the group for its enlightenment campaign against drug abuse and promised to support them to achieve their goals.
He pointed out that parents also have a pivotal role to play in preventing their wards from indulging in the use of dangerous drugs lamenting that many delinquent children go astray due to lack of home moral training.
