FG Begins Campaigns Against Drug Abuse, Cultism In Imo State Schools

• National Institute for Cultural Orientation has launched a campaign in Imo state secondary schools to combat drug abuse, cultism, indecent dressing, and all forms of social vices.

• Yahuza, who was represented by Mrs. Chioma Duru, Director, NICO South East Zonal Office, stated that the FG believes that establishing cultural clubs in secondary schools will aid the government in combating all forms of social vices, including insecurity.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Institute for Cultural Orientation has launched a campaign in Imo state secondary schools to combat drug abuse, cultism, indecent dressing, and all forms of social vices.

Ado Muhammed Yahuza, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of NICO, stated at Ikenegbu Girls Secondary School in Owerri, the state capital, after visiting nine other secondary schools, that the Federal Government believes in catching students when they are young.

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Yahuza, who was represented by Mrs. Chioma Duru, Director, NICO South East Zonal Office, stated that the FG believes that establishing cultural clubs in secondary schools will aid the government in combating all forms of social vices, including insecurity.

He said, “We are establishing cultural clubs in Secondary Schools across the nation in a bid to address the current realities with regards to globalisation and advancement in information and communication technology, which have impacted negatively on the society with the youths being the worst hit in the area of upsurge in crime and immorality; cultism; drug use and abuse; indecent dressing; mental laziness and examination malpractices.

“The objective was to foster a sense of cultural direction through the clubs, which would serve as a platform for the campaign against the vices listed above.”

He, therefore, advised the students to be on their guard so as not to get swallowed up as they assimilate foreign values.

The NICO boss intimated that the cultural club would engage in cultural debates, quiz competitions in indigenous languages, fashion parade, traditional dances, seminars, and lectures, among others.