ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS OF NIGERIA (ACPN)

Announces the 7th Edition of

National Anti-drug Abuse Competition (ACPN NADAC 2025)
for Students of Secondary Schools in Nigeria.

The Mode of participation this year is Poetry.

The first stage of the Competition will be written Poetry, while the final stage will be an oral presentation of poetry.

The final stage of the Competition will involve both physical and oral presentation.

The four best students (selected from the first stage) will be required to make an oral presentation (physical) to a large audience. This session is the Final stage of the Competition and is tagged “In the Poet’s Voice."

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS OF NIGERIA (ACPN NADAC)

Topic:

Write a poem of not more than one thousand words on the topic: “Drug Abuse: The Road to No Road”

Background

The ACPN National Anti-Drug Abuse Competition is the brainchild of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), which aligns with the recommendations of the United Nations International Standards on drug use (abuse) prevention guidelines1. The Competition started eight years ago and is structured to commemorate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which comes up on the 26th of June every year.

The recent drug use report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) discovered that the situation of drug use (abuse) in Nigeria is 14.3 percent; this is about triple the global average at 5.6 percent2. This calls for non-conventional and counterintuitive ways of tackling this hydra-headed challenge.

We believe this Competition will not only enlighten these young minds on the consequences but also create distaste for drug abuse and help steer their paths to a stable and glorious future.

AIM

The essence of the Competition is to create distaste for substance abuse among young people, thereby establishing their feet on a brighter and beautiful future.

Prizes:

Gold: 350,000 Naira

Silver: 250,000 Naira

Bronze: 150,000 Naira

Eligibility

The Competition is open to ALL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA.
Each participant must be a Student of a Secondary School in Nigeria at the time of registering for this Competition

For enquiries:

Facebook: @ Drug Information Centre ACPNigeria |
Twitter: @dicacpn1 |
Instagram: @acpn_dic

Call: +2348187335846 (Monday – Friday)

Reference:

1. UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention. Click to read

2. UNODC Drug Use Survey in Nigeria, 2019. Click to read

How to apply

All participants must first register on our website at www.acpnnigeria.org to signify their interest (stroll down on the website page to the Upcoming Event section and click on ACPN NADAC 2025 to register)
Following the registration, participants will proceed to write their poem.
The letter should not be more than 1000 words.
Participants must submit their entries to our email

Registration starts on April 1st and closes on 31st May, 2025.

Submission of entries closes on 5th June, 2025.

Multiple submission attracts immediate disqualification. Portal Registration on this website is mandatory for all participants

Please Note:
The first stage of the Competition is Poem Writing, while the Final stage is the Physical and oral Presentation of the Poem.

Kindly note that the Best Four Students from the first stage will be required to travel for the Second and Final stage of the Competition, which will take place at the Opening Ceremony of the 44th Annual International Scientific Conference of our Association coming up later in the year.