Suspended LDEA Boss, Col. Abraham Kromah, celebrates his birthday here with drug-addicted youth, appealing to parents to love and encourage their children rather than engage in confrontation with them.
Monrovia, Liberia, October 25, 2024 – The suspended director of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency reiterates his commitment to championing the cause to end drug addiction in the country and return victims to normal lives.
Col. Abraham Kromah blames the prevalence of drugs in the country to the work of drug traffickers and calls on the public to join the fight to end the practice nationwide.
He stressed the need for the international community and humanitarian groups operating in the country to help the Government of Liberia in making the country a drug-free society.
Col. Kromah appeals to the public to end discrimination against victims and explore a better way of dealing with addicts for the benefit of society.
He says confrontation with drug-addicted youths will undermine efforts to curtail the practice among the youths, who otherwise will be exposed to wider drug consumption.
Speaking Wednesday when he toured Center Street Cemetery in Monrovia where hundreds of drug addicts have sought refuge to escape the Police, Kromah also appealed to parents to get closer to their drug- affected children with words of encouragement, instead of engaging in confrontation with them.
He urges the estimated one thousand drug-affected youths living in the decommissioned cemetery to abandon the use of narcotic substances and prepare themselves for a better future through vocational training and other disciplines.
He observes that continuous use of drugs is having negative effect on their mental and physical health, adding that it is about time victims see reasons to abandon the habit.
During the tour, which coincided with Col. Kromah’s birthday, he dined with drug-affected youths in celebration and promised to stand by the government in finding solution to their plight.
At the same time, Kromah appeals to the government to increase the budgetary allotment for the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency so that it can effectively fight drug trafficking in the country.
Responding, a female member of the group, identified as Princess David, lauded the suspended LDEA Boss for the concern he continues to show for drugs-affected youths roaming the streets of Monrovia.
Madam David says while others have turned their backs on them, Kromah is always showing them love and providing them food and other items despite the stigma they carry as drug addicts.
The victim noted that she and her colleagues are tired of physical abuse they encounter on a daily basis and called on the government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to provide needed funding for their rehabilitation.
The tour took Kromah and his team to over fifty hideouts around the city for drug-addicted youths. Editing by Jonathan Browne
