Catholic Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Most Reverend Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, has raised the alarm over the menace of drug abuse and gambling among the youth in Nigeria and countries in the West Africa sub-region and charged the young people to run away from illicit drugs and gambling.
Bishop Badejo observed in his homily at the Mass to launch the golden jubilee celebration of Catholic Youth Association (CYA) in the dioceses of Oyo and Osogbo.
The cleric decried the menace of drug abuse among young people in the country, saying this had become “a very serious problem” and observed that more recently, gambling had joined the raging illicit drug abuse problem.
Bishop Badejo said: “A…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
