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.
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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