A non-governmental organisation, Youth and Women Against Drug Initiative (YWADI), has launched a campaign to reform miscreants, sex workers and end drug abuse.
Through the One Million Boys Initiative, it aims to re-orientate vulnerable youths towards “positive change’.
Founder and woman advocate, Fehintoluwa Odejide, said at the unveiling in Lagos that the One Million Boys Initiative is designed to reform thugs and miscreants.
“The One Million Boys for Positive Change is about changing youths’ orientation.
“We’ll tell them they do not need such lifestyle to survive. It’s about change,” she said.
Odejide said people sometimes resort to drug because there is no one to talk to.
Narrating a personal experience, she warned against alcohol, as it always proves to be a temporary solution.
Part of her mission, she said, is to help people find purpose.
She said: “I always tell people to live for purpose; don’t live for money. Don’t be desperate for anything, but give your all; the reward will come.
“Do not allow the pressure of family to push you into making rash decisions.”
At the event were representatives of Ooni of Ife, monarchs, and gender activists.
