The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, or NDLEA, will work with the University of Ibadan to combat drug usage, according to Vice-Chancellor Professor Kayode Adebowale.

Adebowale made this proclamation on Wednesday while hosting the NDLEA State Commander, Olayinka Joe-Fadile.

The VC promised that the institution would work with the organisation to combat drug usage.

Through the Centre for Social Orientation and the Counselling and Career Development Centre, the University, according to Adebowale, is trying its utmost to combat the threat of drug usage and other observable negative inclinations.

“The University would gladly work with the organisation to combat drug abuse,” he declared. The University was doing its utmost to combat the threat of drug usage and other observable bad inclinations through the Centre for Social Orientation and the Counselling and Career Development Centre.

Joe-Fadile stated during his speech that studies had revealed a rise in drug use among pupils from primary to tertiary levels.

He also mentioned the danger facing the University of Ibadan.

Even though young children cannot buy the expensive medications, he claimed that his agency had found that the demographic for age had plummeted to 12 years and that they were ingesting all kinds of unusual substances.

NDLEA does not view drug users as criminals, he claimed.

Joe-Fadile said in a statement that the agency views drug users as victims.

He went on to say that the organisation had been working with the University College Hospital in Ibadan to rehab drug users with the help of licenced psychologists and counsellors.

He announced the opening of a functioning rehabilitation centre in Iseyin, Oke Ogun geopolitical zone, Oyo State.

Investigations have revealed a rise in drug use among students at all academic levels, making the University of Ibadan susceptible.

In spite of the fact that young children cannot pay the expensive drugs, he hinted, “the agency had discovered that the demography for age had dropped to 12 years.”