What's Happening Near You: Nigeria

Disturbing picture of drug abuse in Nigeria

'The use of hard drugs, especially among the youth, has become a real social menace and cuts across all social strata, with children from both rich and poor backgrounds deeply into it', says Garba Ahmaduthe, commander for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano. Apart from the usual substances, the regional authorities have recently impounded 1000,000 cartons of glue. Less conventional problem substances include codeine-laced cough syrup, solvents and powerful horse stimulants. Key factors may be high birth and divorce rates, unemployment and religious/cultural structures. Among a range of regional measures are the establishment of a sports institute and vocational training centres for young people.

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Young children worldwide understand tobacco brands but not health warnings

This international research suggests that the graphic health warnings on cigarette packets are seldom understood by very young children, even though they do know tobacco brands. Brazil had the largest and most graphic warnings, and the highest awareness. At the other end of the scale, Indian packets featured only a symbolic scorpion warning, and Nigeria a vague written statement. 'Heath warning labels on cigarette packs are an important medium for communicating about the serious health effects caused by tobacco products,' said Dr. Cohen, director of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institute for Global Tobacco Control. 'These messages are most effective when the labels are large and include pictures that evoke an emotional response.' This is particularly important for low-literacy populations, children and young people.

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LAWAL ABDULLAHI MOHAMMED

Describe your prevention-related activities: 
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Technical assistance
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Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
All Settings

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
Bsc.sociology
In what area or discipline?: 
social management science
Professional Organisations: 
GRASSROOT HEALTH ORGANIZATION OF NIGERIA
SPR Meetings: 
SOCIETY FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Prevention Meetings: 
PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE IN KANO STATE

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration. FIGHTHING DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTH AND TO THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL

I initiated the collaboration

UNOMA ASOMUGHA

Organisation Name: 
National Agency for food and Drug Administration and Control - NAFDAC
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Program delivery
Training
Administration
Policy making
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
All Settings

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
Masters Degree
In what area or discipline?: 
Public Health
Professional Organisations: 
West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists Public Health Association of Nigeria Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria
SPR Meetings: 
None
EUSPR Meetings: 
None

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

Gerald Ugwoke

Organisation Name: 
The Enhancer Journals
Job Title: 
Publisher
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Program delivery
Program development
Training
Administration
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
School
Family
Community
Youth Group
Biography: 
passiionate about drug abuse control in Nigeria, a conference speaker and also a writer and a youth empowerment activist. the author of Breaking the Shackles of Drug Abuse. Gerald Ugwoke Enugu,Nigeria

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
Bachelors Degree
In what area or discipline?: 
Psychology
Professional Organisations: 
Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM)
Prevention Meetings: 
St Peter's Catholic Church's Youth Organization drug sensitization Program, The Hurricane of Success Foundation's annual youth's seminar, The Eburumiyi Ibagwa youth Seminar ( theme, Ignorance among youth:a disadvantage),

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration. An NGO or Agency that is solely interested in drug abuse prevention and control.

I initiated the collaboration

Olayiwola Yussuff

Organisation Name: 
Heart Of grace Foundation
Job Title: 
Advisor
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Program delivery
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Funding
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Training
Technical assistance
Policy making
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
School
Family
Workplace
Youth Group

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
BSc
In what area or discipline?: 
Environmental science

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I initiated the collaboration

oyeyemi oyewale

Organisation Name: 
cadam
Job Title: 
drug abuse social worker
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Program delivery
Program development
Funding
Fundraising
Training
Technical assistance
Administration
Policy making
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
School
Family
Workplace
Community
Youth Group

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
b.sc,social work
In what area or discipline?: 
social work

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration.

Tajudeen Abiola

Organisation Name: 
Vital Skills Consult Limited, Nigeria
Job Title: 
Psychiatrist
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Program delivery
Program development
Research / science
Evaluation
Training
Policy making
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
School
Family
Workplace
Community
Youth Group

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
FMCPsych
In what area or discipline?: 
Psychiatry
Professional Organisations: 
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria (IMAN)

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration. Applying evidence-based substance abuse prevention and treatment - research and evaluation

Gboyega Abikoye

Organisation Name: 
Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island
Job Title: 
Lecturer/Clinical Psychologist
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Research / science
Training
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
School
Community
Youth Group

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
PhD
In what area or discipline?: 
Clinical Psychology
Professional Organisations: 
Nigerian Association of Clinical Psychologists Australian Center on Quality of Life
SPR Meetings: 
None
EUSPR Meetings: 
None
Prevention Meetings: 
Kettil Bruum Society's (KBS) Thematic Conference in Kampala, Uganda (November, 2010) 9th Center for Research and Information on Substance Abuse in Abuja, Nigeria (July, 2010) 10th Center for Research and Information on Substance Abuse in Abuja, Nigeria (July, 2012) 39th KBS International Conference in Kampala, Uganda, (June 2013)

Collaboration History

I have had international collaboration in the past but not currently.

I have collaborated with: University Faculty

The International partner initiated the collaboration.

Edem Children Foundation

Organisation Name: 
Edem Children Foundation
Job Title: 
Founder
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Program delivery
Program development
Training
Policy making
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
School
Family
Community
Youth Group
Biography: 
We a child rights advoacy group working to promote children, women and young people rights, with focus on drug demand reduction and drug prevention

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
B.Sc
In what area or discipline?: 
Socail Works
Professional Organisations: 
Edem Children Foundation (ECF)
SPR Meetings: 
None
EUSPR Meetings: 
None
Prevention Meetings: 
None

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration. capacity building, funding and partnership on drug prevention projects in Nigeria

Arewa initiative

Organisation Name: 
Arewa initiative for value advancement and advocacy
Job Title: 
NGO
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
Youth Group
Biography: 
to advocate good character and development to the society ,and say no to drug abuse so as to create drug free society

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
OND
In what area or discipline?: 
Accounting and auditing
Professional Organisations: 
National drug law enforcement agency in nigeria
SPR Meetings: 
We have not attended any. We are new org
EUSPR Meetings: 
Same as above
Prevention Meetings: 
Same as above

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration. In trying to prevent the use of drug substance and with your organization if given the oppotunity

African Children Rescue Foundation (ACRF)

The goals of African Children Rescue Foundation are too work with all African Nations in rescuing Africa, to ensure all African Children have sound and qualitative education, to stop enslavement and grossly abusive of Africa Children through engagement in house-help activities, street-hawking, child- labour as well as the practice of early girl marriage, child brutality, to ensure that governments pay special attention to the upbringing, development and welfare of the African children, to ensure that parent do not abuse children by reaching out to homes and checking the standard of homes ke

Murna Foundation

The Mission of Murna Foundation is a Nigeria where Women, Youth and Children are co-participants in the nation’s march towards a healthy socio-economic and political development. Murna Foundation’s vision is to empower 70% of Women, Youth and Children by the year 2015 towards National Development.

Wellbeing Foundation

The WellBeing Foundation believes that Nigeria is rich in human resources. They have therefore set ourselves the task of ensuring that this human capital is not wasted by the lack of an infrastructural support base that all might realize their full potential. Thei goal is the total eradication of the poverty of opportunity by providing the means and access to self-generated development practices among our communities

National Symposium on Substance Abuse and Drug Control

The Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA) is the main organiser of the National Symposium on Drug Abuse and Drug Control in Nigeria. The Symposium will be focussed around studies investigating various aspects of both licit and illicit drug availability, use and dependence. The event will also coincide with the official launch of the Nigerian Association of Substance Abuse Professionals. Early bird registration for the Symposium ends 30 June. Fees apply.

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OLUWASEUN ABIOLA AFOLABI

Job Title: 
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Program delivery
Program development
Research / science
Evaluation
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
Community

Registry Questionnaire

What is your highest academic degree?: 
Post graduate Certificate
In what area or discipline?: 
Psychiatric Nursing
Professional Organisations: 
International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

Collaboration History

I have never had any kind of international collaboration with researchers, practitioners or institutions.

I would like to establish an international collaboration. Transcultural/Transnational aspect of Substance Use

Oyelaja Muyibat

Organisation Name: 
susscessfit
Job Title: 
food scientist
Describe your prevention-related activities: 
Program delivery
Fundraising
Advocacy
Does your prevention work and efforts focus on a specific setting?: 
All Settings
Biography: 
success-fit is an organization that deal with health rehabilitation of young and adult who suffer from partial paralysis, obesity and other related health challenges.

Success-fit

Success-fit deals with health rehabilitation of both young and adult who suffer from partial paralysis(stroke), obesity and other related health challenges.

FLEP Club. Friends in Life Education Peer Club

Friends in Life Education Peer Club (FLEP Club) has interest in the overall development of children, the youth and women and in protecting their rights to health, education and social participation. The organisation's mission is to mobilise communities and other resources that enable young people identify their inherent abilities, build values, set goals and actualise accomplishments that lead to HIV/AIDS prevention, drug demand and crime reduction, safe motherhood and poverty reduction for overall community development.

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