The secretary to the Gonjaland Youth Association and founder of the Mufti Fan Club, Mufty Borijinkpor with the support of the Gonjaland Youth Association on Sunday 28th December organized a street festival to campaign against the use of illicit drugs (Opioids) by the Youth of Savannah Region dubbed “Dengoro Street Movement”.
The program which is the second edition after last year’s event started with floating where participants matched through the principal streets of Damongo the Savannah Regional Capital.
Dignitaries present included the Damongowura Seidu Kelly Boresa 1, the Savannah Regional Minister, Hon. Salisu Be-Awuribe, Executives and some members of the Gonjaland Youth Association, some youth from parts of Savannah Region and beyond (Buipe, Yapei, Bole, Babato, Kumasi etc.)
Convener for the exercise, Mr. Mufti explained the need for the exercise;
“Many times some of our youth are been neglected and vilified by the society because of their bad habits and it’s about time we bring them from the streets closer to us to be able to change them to be better in future”. He stated.
He further pleaded with the Yagbonwura and the government to try and get a rehabilitation centre in the Savannah Region.
“I want to appeal to the Yagbonwura and the government for a matter of urgency construct a rehabilitation centre in the Region to help change the youth who are already into drug abuse”. He concluded.
After his speech, the Damongowura also advised various pharmaceutical companies to desist from selling illicit drugs for the youth.
“We all have sleepless nights because of these drugs and I want to tell all pharmaceutical companies to desist from selling those illicit drugs to our youth. But anyone who flout this orders and gets arrested will be prosecuted and no one is going to bail you.” He warned.
The Regional Minister also added his voice to the Damongowura’s comment.
“This exercise is not only in Damongo but the entirety of the Savannah Region and Anybody who happens to find himself in this unfortunate situation will be laughing at the wrong side of his mouth, So our doors are opened, give us the alert and we will definitely go for them and use that to prosecute them and the courts are also supporting us to punish both the consumers and the peddlers in that regard.” He said.
After the floating, a ceremony was organised at the Redemption Children’s Home to climax the exercise.
At the Children’s Home, some orphans were given citations as well as some food vendors in the Damongo community for their massive support for the youth of Damongo.
