The Emir of Bichi, His Highness, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero will be leading polo enthusiasts to the Guards Polo Club, Mambilla Barracks, Abuja on a two-day charity polo tournament tagged ‘Chukkers Drug Abuse 2019’ (C-ADAPT 2019).

The tournament billed for June 29-30 is in support of the Addicted Mother Campaign (AMC) and Research Programme.

It aims at creating awareness on the pregnant women among Nigeria’s 14.3 million drug users and the dangers drugs pose to the unborn children such as fatal drug/alcohol syndrome.

According to one of the organisers, Abi Goodman, the Chief Executive Officer of Canada based, OZ Consulting firm, the initiative has received the blessings of the State Education on Drug Abuse (SEDA) an education programme under the Centre for Education on Drug Abuse and Skills Acquisition (CEDASA), that focuses on the reformation of drug abusers through Research, Education and empowerment through skills acquisition.

“Through such education and empowerment, we can be doing our part to avoid all the resultant effects of drug abuse such as mental illness, violent behaviours and crime.

“We can only defeat drug abuse if all of us make it an agenda which is why we are making C-ADAPT 2019 an encompassing event to be enjoyed by all ages so that residents of Abuja and other parts of Nigeria, can come and enjoy a very good time while speaking up against the vices of drug abuse,” said Abi.