BSS, Gaibandha :
Director General (DG) of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) Abdus Sabur Mondal at a function in Gaibandha district on Saturday underscored the need for taking integrated efforts by government and non-government organizations jointly to build a drug free society.
“It is not possible for a single organisation or department to eliminate drug abuse from the society. People from all sections should come forward with positive attitude to play significant role in building a drug free society”, he said. The DG made the comments while addressing a meeting on drug review and situation organized by Gobindaganj upazila administration and District Narcotics Control Office on the premises of Gobindaganj Govt. Degree College of the upazila in the district on Saturday as the chief guest.
Additional Director, DNC Rangpur division Masud Hossain, Upazila Chairman Abdul Latif Prodhan, and Mayor of Gobindaganj Municipality Muketur Rahman Rafi, also spoke as the special guests.
Presided over by UNO Abu Sayeed, the function was also addressed, among others, by principal of Gobindaganj Degree College Bashir Ahmed, Inspector of Gobindaganj Thana Mostafiz Dewan, upazila Vice-Chairman Shariful Islam Tazu, and Assistant Professor of the college Nur Hossain Nannu.
The speakers urged all to create social awareness against narcotics so that the people in general and the youths in particular are not involved with taking and trading of drug. DG Abdus Sabur Mondal also emphasized for building a social movement against narcotics across the country and sought cooperation of all to make the social movement a grand success in the upazila.
There is no alternative to making all the existing movements and efforts of preventing drug abuse effective and fruitful to protect the young generation from further degradation, he added.
Upazila level officials, public representatives, political leaders, social workers and civil society members including the journalists attended the programme.
