By Rakiya A.Muhammad, Sokoto | Publish Date: Mar 20 2018 2:00AM


A consultant psychiatrist at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Dr. Abdulfatai Bakari yesterday called for decisive measures to curb rising cases of addiction particularly among married women in Sokoto and other northern states.

This is just as Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal urged the Federal Government to ban the sale of codeine syrup in the country.

They spoke at a workshop on Addiction and Prevention held at the Sultan Maccido Institute of Quran and General Studies, Sokoto.

“It is very worrisome that in Sokoto and some northern states, many married women are addicted to various substances especially codeine, tutolin, cannabis and Sheehan,” Bakari said, adding that the trend was not only with married women but with adolescent females, and that many undergraduates in some tertiary institutions in the state had dropped out of school because of addiction to drugs.

Speaking, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, who was represented by the state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Balarabe Kakale, said, “The Federal Government should ban the sale of codeine in Nigeria because they are not life saving drugs.”

The Chairman, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Abdullah, decried the negative impact of drug abuse on the society.

Abdullah who was represented by the Commander of NDLEA, Sokoto Command, Mr. Misbahu Idris, urged all stakeholders to enhance efforts towards tackling the menace.


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dominique, Sissy3. Lalasticlala seun

It's like you want the northerners to hold a nationwide protest codeine is like food to them cause they they believe taking beer to get high is a sin but taking codeine trams to get high is acceptable people like the daughters\sons of the royal fathers or governor are guilty of this.....those days in zaira was never in vein

BAN?!

Realsman405:
By Rakiya A.Muhammad, Sokoto | Publish Date: Mar 20 2018 2:00AM


.......adding that the trend was not only with married women but with adolescent females, and that many undergraduates in some tertiary institutions in the state had dropped out of school because of addiction to drugs.



www.dailytrust.com.ng/abuse-ban-codeine-syrup-tambuwal-urges-fg.html


dominique, Sissy3. Lalasticlala seun

Like seriously?!

Ban na abeg before same our boys turn mad people finish

That syrup need to be banned ASAP

biacan:
It's like you want the northerners to hold a nationwide protest codeine is like food to them cause they they believe taking bear to get high is a sin but taking codeine trams to get high is acceptable people like the daughters\sons of the royal fathers or governor are guilty of this.....those days in zaira was never in vein

Beer not bear

You can't ban it because that is the best cough syrup. Ban it in the north or your state.

Homeboiy:


Beer not bear

Topographic error. Just get the message. Don't deceive your mind

emmie14:

Topographic error. Just get the message. Don't deceive your mind

She no sabi write English

A village school dropout

Homeboiy:



She no sabi write English

A village school dropout

That was a mistake. Sabi is not English word

emmie14:

That was a mistake. Sabi is not English word

Don't mind the Maggot. Online English Teachers everywhere