Minister of Youth Development
Bolaji Abdullahi has said that no
fewer than 1,000 Nigerian
youths are serving jail terms in
China for various drug offences.
Abdullahi, who disclosed this to
newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State
capital, yesterday said he had
written to the Chinese
government to have the details
of the offences “so that the
Federal Government could use
them as a campaign to
discourage Nigerian youths from
drug trafficking business.
“This is a very serious matter. I
have written to the government
of China and I am planning to
actually travel there on behalf of
the Federal Government to have
the details of their cases. Many of
our youths who indulge in drug
trafficking business in a bid to
get rich quick are not always
aware of the dire consequences
and the risks involved. The risks
far deplete the benefits. In fact,
there is none.
“Whoever gets involved will get
caught sooner than later and
whatever that might have been
acquired will go with it. So where
is the benefit?
“The only way to a good living is
to be involved in legitimate
business whereby nobody is
running after you for committing
an offence. There is nothing like
getting rich quick and there is no
short cut to it,” the minister said.
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