Nollywood practitioners and entertainers have been urged to stop promoting drug abuse through their contents to the public.
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, gave the advice on on Friday in Lagos.
He spoke at a one-day conference organised by NDLEA Celebrity Drug Free Club to mark the 2022 International Day Against Illicit drug Abuse and trafficking.
The conference had its theme as “Best Approach to Drug Control: The Role of Entertainment Industry Practitioners”.
Marwa, who was represented by Mr Segun Okeh, Zone H Commander, said there were many approaches in checking drug abuse.
He said “we need to appeal to the entertainment industry practitioners not to send wrong message that has drug abuse contents in your cast, script, presentation on the screen.
”You must watch properly the contents while processing entertainment to the public. There is the tendency for the young mind to believe that what they see in entertainment is real.”
