Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, Ekiti State Deputy Governor, on Monday decried the high rate of consumption of hard drugs, especially Indian hemp by the youths of the state.
Egbeyemi made this known during at a special prayer meeting organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ado-Ekiti branch at the palace of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe in Ado-Ekiti.
Egbeyemi said that consumption of Indian hemp and other hard drugs was responsible for crimes like kidnapping, robbery, rape, cultism, thuggery and political violence.
He also condemned the open sale of Indian hemp and other hard drugs in some areas like Atikankan, Oke-Ila, Odo-Ado, Idemo and Iworoko road which he described as unacceptable and injurious to the future of the youths.
The deputy governor urged parents to caution their children against drug abuse and being used as thugs to cause mayhem in the forthcoming general elections.
Describing security as everybody’s business in Ekiti, Egbeyemi urged residents to always assist government and the police with useful information that could lead to the arrest of kidnappers, robbers and other criminals living among them.
While urging residents to be vigilant in their neighbourhoods and their farms, Egbeyemi said any information given to the government and security agencies would be confidentially treated for the good of the state.
He also decried a situation in which some residents collaborate with suspected kidnappers by helping them to take food to the captives in their dens, warning that such behavior constituted security threat to the state.
Stressing the need for love and brotherliness among citizens in the state, Egbeyemi said that relative peace and development would only thrive in an environment devoid of acrimony.
Egbeyemi, who reiterated government’s commitment to prompt payment of salaries, noted that regular payment of salaries had multiplier effect on the economy of the state.
The deputy governor while assuring the people of government’s resolute to complete all abandoned projects, appealed to them to be patient on developmental projects across the state.
Egbeyemi added that in no distant time the government would conduct employment into the state civil service.
The Ewi of Ado Ekiti expressed gratitude to God over the success of the last governorship election conducted in state.
Adejugbe, who used the opportunity to sensitize the people on the need to perform their social responsibility in the coming election, called on all eligible registered voters in the state yet to collect their voter cards to do so.
The paramount ruler admonished the people to use their cards to vote for the candidate of their choice in the coming general elections.
Delivering a sermon at the programme, Rev. Fr. Anthony Ijasan, emphasized the need for sacrificial love among the people.
Ijasan said that they should allow faith to reflect in their character and always seek the good of their neighbours and the state.
The prayer meeting featured royal blessings from the monarch, prayers for those in positions of authorities, peace and development of Ekiti and Nigeria and successful conduct of the coming general elections.
NAN
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