Ondo Anglican Diocese hosts ACADI, experts call for public outcry against drug abuse

The church of Nigeria (Anglican communion), Diocese of Ondo hosts the Anglican Compassion and Development Initiative, ACADI orientation programme. In a two-day training held between Thursday 16th June and Friday 17th June, 2022 at the David and Grace Church of the Ascension, Igbo-Oja, Ondo in the Diocese.  ACADI is a pilot project of the church of Nigeria to create awareness on the use and misuse of drugs and proffer solutions to help both youths and adults involved in drugs and to prevent other future intending drug users.


Declaring the training open, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Ondo, The Rt. Revd. Dr. Stephen Adeniran Oni lauded the efforts of the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, The Most Revd Henry Ndukuba for the initiative at this material point in time in the history of the nation. He welcomed the facilitators, Dr. Joshua Falade and Dr. Yetunde Olagbuji (Nee Ogunyankin) who had come to fully represent the anchor man behind ACADI and NAWADA, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, the Vice-Chancellor of the Ondo State University of medical sciences (UNIMED), Ondo. Bishop Oni enjoined all participants to make the best of the training opportunity so that everyone can jointly fight the drug scourge that is almost ruining our society.


While delivering his lecture, Dr. Joshua Falade, a senior lecturer and a psychosis consultant at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo,  exposed the participants to drugs and drugs related matters, causes of drug abuse, and drug addiction versus drug misuse among others. In his exposition, Falade highlighted peer pressure, curiosity, and drug as means of obtaining inspiration, competition, and filling social lacuna among others as reasons most people, especially youths take to drugs.  “Eni to ni k’aye o ma m’oun to lo n l’egbogi oloro, aye ti get e finally, ki won ju u le lo ku”, Dr. Falade jokingly remarked in Yoruba. Meaning that  “the person who is avoiding the world to catch up with him and decided to take to drugs has been finally caught up, what is only left is for the person to be left alone to damnation”.

 

                                          


Falade further lamented that it is so disheartening today to see our young ones who are expected to be the glory and future of this nation to be seriously involved in drugs. Much pictorial information was shown to the audience through his eye-opening PowerPoint slides. Joining force with Dr. Falade in his highly inspiring orientation talk was Dr. Yetunde Olagbuji, a seasoned medical practitioner from UNIMED as well, who decried the alarming rate at which drug intake and abuse among the youths is growing. Olagbuji believes that this menace, if not curbed urgently, may drag our nation to a lawless state.  This was corroborated by Dr. Falade who sees drug as the engine of crimes in Nigeria. The duo, as medical experts, called for the public outcry against this menace which both the church and the entire society should be ready to fight against. 



In conclusion, both experts, Falade and Olagbuji, see the church as an entity to bring succor the way of these helpless individuals who have taken to drugs. In particular, Joshua Falade appealed to the men of God in attendance to see this task as a collective responsibility to use the word of God as a tool to bring back the hearts of these youths and individuals to the knowledge of God.




The orientation programme was well attended by all the ranks and files of the clergymen of the Ondo Anglican Diocese. All the dignitaries, Venerables S. O Adeleye (the Dean of the Cathedral),  Dr. S. O. Olowosusi, S. O. Ogunmiluyi, J. O. Ese, D. O. Akintemi, H. O. Akinrotimi, Dr. J. S. Ojewumi, S. O. Abajingin, and others were in attendance. The programme was moderated by the Synod clerical secretary, the Ven. ‘Lanre Ogunmiluyi while the Dean of the Cathedral handled the opening session prayers. The Diocesan Treasurer, Dr. Kehinde Adenegan also graced the occasion by complementing the efforts of the media team with John Adeleye and Hamzat Tunde playing key roles in the projection and coverage of the event. (For full views of the event pictures, click here)

 







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