14.3m Nigerians abuse drugs — UNODC
By OakTV
31 January 2019 |
12:59 pm
The first Report on Drug Use in Nigeria, launched yesterday in Abuja by the Federal Government has revealed that 14.3million, which represents 14.4% of Nigerians between the ages of 15and 64, are drug users and one in every four of them is a woman.
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