No counselling unit in Delta... Say: Mense

No counselling unit in Delta... Say: Mense

Re-broadcast By: Ohiomu Sonia Oby.

The founder of Shola Mense foundation, a humanitarian, Shola Mense has said that there is no single Counselling home in the whole of Delta as the State intend to win the crusade against drugs consumption and crime.


Shola disclosed this recently in his Warri office while addressing the issue of high rate of drug intake and high rate of crime in the state, calling on good Nigerians, cooperate bodies and the state government to partner with relevant security agencies in the fight against drugs abuse and high rate og crime.

Mense noted that his foundation, (Shola Mense Foundation) is working hard to sensitize and educate the youths about the danger and impact of drugs consumption. Explaining that his foundation is working on opening a club in Hussey College where students will undergo inter-schools debate on the danger and impact of drugsimpact.

The founder of Shola Mense Foundation how ever task government to tackle crime from the root, saying that if Nigeria government wants to tackle crime, they should start from the root, which is establishing a counselling unit in every Divisional Police station and as well as give proper funding to NDLA to enable them fight against drug abuse and combat crime.

The humanitarian stressed that the only Rehabilitation Home in the State located at Ugbolokosu is not working as the building was not commission, hence the place has been abandoned, he therefore tasked government to put the building into use or give it to the Shola Mense Foundation so that the building could be put into full use with skills acquisition center to train these youths on diffetent skills, according to him, only training these youths and educating them on the danger of drugs is the key to reducing the rate of crime.