…Expresses confidence that his appointment will strengthen POCACOV Self-Discovery program
The National Coordinator of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), CSP Ebere Amaraizu has congratulated the new chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd.) over his recent appointment and expressing confidence that it will help to strenghten the partnership tie between his agency and the Nigeria Police Force POCACOV initiative under IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, particularly in the areas of POCACOV program tagged “Self-Discovery”.
The initiative is a community oriented policing activity aimed at discouraging Nigerian children and youths from getting involved in substance/drug abuse, trafficking in person, cultism and other violent behaviours in the society thereby creating new heroes from amongst Nigerian youth population, attain youth value reorientation and strategic leadership direction.
The National Coordinator made this known on Tuesday at the IGP M.A Adamu Pocacov Resource Centre Enugu while reacting on the level of synergy between POCACOV and NDLEA in her ongoing nationwide campaign against cultism, substance/drug abuse, sexual and gender-based violence, trafficking in person, thuggery and violence and other vices.
He revealed that POCACOV is working with different stakeholders which includes National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, National Orientation Agency(NOA), amongst others for a community driven campaign and to deepen the message for result oriented impact and expressed confidence that the advent of the new NDLEA chairman and with his pedigree as a policing actor and the capacity he has served even as chairman Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA) will be an added advantage in this direction.
“Self Discovery POCACOV activity is part of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu approach as contained in the community policing framework that is linked to the public safety and security programme of the Nigeria Police Force.
“The problem is that the youth need to discover themselves and the potentials in them because the future belongs to those who knows the beauty of it. Self Discovery activities offers platform of value reorientation, engagement and strategic leadership direction thereby discouraging their involvement in Cultism, substance/drug abuse, trafficking in persons, sexual and gender based violence, thuggery and violence and other vices which makes them not to discover themselves. It is aimed at making them come to terms with the realities on ground which will make it impossible for any person to deceive and enlist them into crime and criminality. It offers a platform for life coping skills both in artistry, craft and sports as well as other endeavours,”Amaraizu said.
Similarly, he commended the efforts of the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Mrs Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim at ensuring robust partnership in the ongoing Campaign Against Trafficking in person and Irregular migration.
According to the National Coordinator POCACOV CSP Ebere Amaraizu, “lack of Self Discovery by some Nigerians is a catalyst to incessant irregular migration as well as trafficking in person.
“This is a growing concern and the Nigeria Police Force under IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has rolled out POCACOV Self-Discovery program to tap into the Public Safety and Security Framework of the Nigeria Police Force and which will help to reorient our youths on value system and make them to discover their themselves and their potentials.
The UPcoming IGP Adamu Pocacov triathion events in some cities across the country like the IGP POCACOV Marathon on plateau and IGP Adamu youth tournament across the country amongst other community policing activities are cases in point in the Self Discovery activities.
