Stakeholders in Plateau on Thursday decried the rising influx of illegal migrants, and drug abuse in the state, and called for urgent measures to tackle the two evils.
Newsmen gathered that the stakeholders voiced their concern during a meeting organised by the Plateau State Peace Building Agency (PPBA) in Jos.
The meeting had the theme: “Illegal Migration, Drug Peddling/Substance Abuse and Security Challenges on the Plateau: Strategies for Conflict Prevention and Peace Building”.
Declaring the event open, Mr Joseph Lengman, the Director General of PBA, said that the meeting was aimed at fashioning ways of stemming the tides of illegal migration and drug abuse in the state.
Lengman particularly decried the influx of illegal migrants as well as the rate of production and consumption of hard drugs in the state, describing the situations as alarming.
He explained that the meeting was to enable stakeholders x-ray possible ways of adopting a multi-sectoral approach toward…
