The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has stepped up its efforts to educate secondary school pupils in Lagos State about the risks and repercussions of drug misuse and cultism for both users and society at large.

Mrs. A. A. Ologunagba, the NOA's Chief Orientation and Mobilization Officer (COMO) for the Ikorodu Local Government Area, escorted agency representatives on a sensitization drive to Ansaru-ud-deen Senior Grammar School in Imota.

According to Ologunagba, the program's goal was to provide participants a thorough awareness of the harmful effects of drug usage and cultism, highlighting how they affect people individually, in families, and throughout society.

She stated that the purpose of the event was to dissuade the students from engaging in such detrimental behaviors by providing them with the information they needed to make wise decisions.

Ologunagba discussed the perils of cultism and how it can entice young people with fictitious claims of safety and acceptance, only to trap them in crime, violence, and loss.

She vividly depicted lives cut short, families left in turmoil, and bright prospects dashed.
When it comes to drug usage, she emphasized how seemingly innocuous experimenting can turn into addiction, which can result in terrible health consequences, societal problems, and even criminal activity.
Mr. Oyebola O.J., the acting vice principal of the school, acknowledged the detrimental effects of drug addiction and cultism in his speech and praised the NOA's efforts to guide the pupils in the correct direction.
At least 220 male and 230 female students participated in the seminars; some even spoke with the NOA team in private to ask for more advice and details on the threat of drug usage and cultism.