On Saturday, November 11, 2023, 12 younger Sierra Leoneans have been buried on the Kingtom Cemetery in Freetown by means of the joint efforts of the newly appointed Govt Director of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), Andrew Jaia Kai Kai and Sinneh. Camara, Nationwide Funeral Director at Connaught Hospital Mortuary, officiated on the service.
In the course of the solemn ceremony, Andrew Jaya Kaikai denounced the dangerous results of the unlawful drug Kush, likening it to a risk higher than the nation’s previous civil wars. He harassed the federal government’s willpower to fight medicine and harassed that Kush posed a severe hazard to present and future generations of Sierra Leone.
“These souls buried listed below are our youngsters,” Kaikai lamented, urging everybody to work collectively to get rid of threats to the nation’s future leaders. He pledged unwavering dedication to eradicating Kush illness from society and harassed the necessity to goal importers, producers and retailers to avoid wasting the following technology.
Keke warned that the long-term use of Kush may have dire penalties and that with out speedy motion, Sierra Leone may face a future during which a technology lacks intelligence. Highlighting the infiltration of Kush into faculties, cities and villages, he known as for collective motion to guard the nation’s youth and help drug-addicted youngsters to flee the shackles of medication.
Sinneh Kamara, director of nationwide cemeteries at Connaught Hospital Mortuary, echoed the sentiment, saying the deaths have been a tragic consequence of the misuse of Kush. He identified the horrific scenario of individuals prioritizing shopping for Kush over fundamental requirements like meals and harassed the significance of rehabilitation of addicts to reintegrate them into society.
Kamala pledged the morgue’s full help in coping with the escalating Kush disaster and warned suppliers to stop actions earlier than going through authorized penalties. He urged all sectors of society to cooperate within the battle towards the drug epidemic, not solely to establish the culprits but in addition to supply help and rehabilitation.
