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The North East Governors Forum, NEGF, has identified drugs and narcotic substances as one of the reasons why insurgency persists in the region.
Rising from their fifth meeting in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, the forum noted that despite the gains the region has recorded in general security, the distribution of drugs and narcotics across its states has increased other forms of criminality.
The governors in a communique issued at the end of their meeting called for help to cut the supply chain of drugs and other dangerous substances in the region.
The communique in part reads: “ The Forum notes the general improvement of the Security situation in the region and calls for continuous collaboration of all the security agencies in the country to sustain the gains.
“The Forum also notes the negative impact of drug and narcotic substances in the region and the extent to which it fuels the insurgency and other forms of criminality in the region. It, therefore, calls for support in the area of stopping drug trafficking and enforcing narcotic control within the region and across the borders.”
The Governors also frowned at the modus operandi of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, in the region and advocated more collaboration with their states.
