Jun 21 , 2019
BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
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| The MTN staff with some of the students during the mentorship session. Picture: Benjamin Xornam Glover |
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has entreated the youth to stay away from drugs, particularly, cannabis that could ruin their lives.
NACOB noted that there were a lot of challenges affecting the youth and appealed to stakeholders to join the nationwide fight against drug abuse to save the lives of the country’s present generation of youth to help them become responsible national future leaders.
The Divisional Supervisor, Demand Reduction at NACOB, Mrs Juddy Mensah, gave the advice at Tema Manhean on Thursday, June 20, 2019, when telecommunication company MTN Ghana partnered with the Board to engage the youth and educate them on substance abuse and its effects.
The sensitisation programme for students from the about 10 various junior and senior high schools in the area forms part of MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care, an annual staff volunteering programme that is carried out by the MTN Group in June, every year.
As part of the programme, staff of MTN Ghana engaged the students in a one-on-one mentorship session to advise them to desist from the use of drugs in order to avoid addiction.
Youth are target
Mrs Mensah observed that drug dealers always targeted the youth, hence the need for all Ghanaians to get involved in fighting against drug abuse which, he said, was endangering the future of the country.
The Human Resource Executive at MTN Ghana, Mrs Amma Benneh Amponsah, also said teenagers and young adults tended to be more vulnerable to addiction, hence the decision by MTN to partner with NACOB to undertake the sensitisation exercise.
She said MTN would continue to engage the youth in the Manhean community regularly to help educate them to understand the consequences and dangers involved in the use of drugs at the youthful ages to help eliminate or reduce the menace.
Effects
The Narcotics Analyst at NACOB, Mr Kamaldeen Awudu, also admonished the youth to refrain from engaging in nefarious activities including drug use that would hinder their academic life and future aspirations.
Mr John Asogonnde, a student and author of the book, “Breaking up with Mary Jane,” recounted his previous encounter with marijuana, which, he said, he smoked for about six years, and advised the youth not to make the mistake of smoking the substance.
The Divisional Supervisor, Demand Reduction at NACOB, Mrs Juddy Mensah, gave the advice at Tema Manhean on Thursday, June 20, 2019, when telecommunication company MTN Ghana partnered with the Board to engage the youth and educate them on substance abuse and its effects.
The sensitisation programme for students from the about 10 various junior and senior high schools in the area forms part of MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care, an annual staff volunteering programme that is carried out by the MTN Group in June, every year.
As part of the programme, staff of MTN Ghana engaged the students in a one-on-one mentorship session to advise them to desist from the use of drugs in order to avoid addiction.
Youth are target
Mrs Mensah observed that drug dealers always targeted the youth, hence the need for all Ghanaians to get involved in fighting against drug abuse which, he said, was endangering the future of the country.
The Human Resource Executive at MTN Ghana, Mrs Amma Benneh Amponsah, also said teenagers and young adults tended to be more vulnerable to addiction, hence the decision by MTN to partner with NACOB to undertake the sensitisation exercise.
She said MTN would continue to engage the youth in the Manhean community regularly to help educate them to understand the consequences and dangers involved in the use of drugs at the youthful ages to help eliminate or reduce the menace.
Effects
The Narcotics Analyst at NACOB, Mr Kamaldeen Awudu, also admonished the youth to refrain from engaging in nefarious activities including drug use that would hinder their academic life and future aspirations.
Mr John Asogonnde, a student and author of the book, “Breaking up with Mary Jane,” recounted his previous encounter with marijuana, which, he said, he smoked for about six years, and advised the youth not to make the mistake of smoking the substance.
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