ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS OF NIGERIA (ACPN)

Announces the 6th Edition of

National Anti-drug Abuse Competition (ACPN NADAC 2024)
for Students of Secondary Schools in Nigeria.

The Mode of participation this year is Letter Writing and Oral Presentation..

The first stage of the Competition will be Letter-writing

Each participant will be required to write a letter to the President of the Republic of Nigeria, informing him of the prevalence, menace of drug abuse and proffer solutions to tackle this hydra-headed challenge.

The final stage of the Competition will involve both physical and an oral presentation and is tagged an audience with the President. . The Best Four Students (selected from the first stage) will be required to make oral presentation (physical) to the President on the contents of their letter. This session is the Second and Final stage of the Competition and is tagged, “An Audience with Mr. President.”

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS OF NIGERIA (ACPN NADAC)

Topic:

Write a letter to the President of the Republic of Nigeria, informing him of the prevalence and menace of drug abuse; proffer solutions to tackle this hydra-headed challenge

Background

The ACPN National Anti-drug Abuse Competition is the brainchild of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) which aligns with the United Nation International Standards on drug use (abuse) prevention. The Competition which started 6 years ago, 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 percent. This calls for innovative methods to address the issue of substance abuse particularly among the young people.

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: 250,000 Naira

Silver: 150,000 Naira

Bronze: 100,000 Naira

Eligibility

The Competition is open to all students of secondary schools in Nigeria.
Each participant must be a student of secondary school at the time of registering for this Competition.

For enquiries:

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

Call: +2348187335846 (Monday – Friday)

How to apply

All participants must first register on our website at www.acpnnigeria.org to signify their interest.
Following the registration, participants will proceed to write their letter.
The letter should not be more than 600 words.
Participants must submit their entries to our email

Registration starts on April 1st and closes on 31st May, 2024.

Submission of entries closes on 5th June, 2024.

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