The Commissioner, stated this while receiving the Coordinator of the Kiru Reformative Centre, Ms. Cheryl Aminta Kwagga, who paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry, as part of her stakeholder engagement efforts.
Comrade Waiya welcomed the collaboration, describing the visit as both strategic and timely.
“You have come at the right time. I am currently leading a stakeholders coordinating committee on the project that seeks to address the issues of thuggery and other related ugly practices.
We are already working toward engaging organisations like the Kiru Reformative Centre,” he said.
He disclosed that the project he leads code-named ‘Safe Corridor: The Kano Model’ has recorded significant achievements in engaging the wayward youths and plans are underway for their transformation through rehabilitation and empowerment to become productive members of the society.
“We have profiled hundreds of youths who are ready to abandon the dangerous path of self-destruction caused by thuggery and drug abuse. They are now willing to repent and become useful to themselves and to the society,” he added.
The Commissioner further revealed that a comprehensive action plan is being finalised and will soon be unveiled to the public.
He explained that the plan includes targeted programmes and engagement strategies to eliminate the root causes of youth involvement in crime.
He assured the visiting Coordinator of the Ministry’s full support and collaboration, emphasizing that “drug abuse remains a major catalyst for crime, including thuggery and other social vices. The Ministry will work closely with your Centre to provide the needed enlightenment and public sensitisation required to reform our youth.”
The Commissioner, stated this while receiving the Coordinator of the Kiru Reformative Centre, Ms. Cheryl Aminta Kwagga, who paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry, as part of her stakeholder engagement efforts.
Comrade Waiya welcomed the collaboration, describing the visit as both strategic and timely.
“You have come at the right time. I am currently leading a stakeholders coordinating committee on the project that seeks to address the issues of thuggery and other related ugly practices.
We are already working toward engaging organisations like the Kiru Reformative Centre,” he said.
He disclosed that the project he leads code-named ‘Safe Corridor: The Kano Model’ has recorded significant achievements in engaging the wayward youths and plans are underway for their transformation through rehabilitation and empowerment to become productive members of the society.
“We have profiled hundreds of youths who are ready to abandon the dangerous path of self-destruction caused by thuggery and drug abuse. They are now willing to repent and become useful to themselves and to the society,” he added.
The Commissioner further revealed that a comprehensive action plan is being finalised and will soon be unveiled to the public.
He explained that the plan includes targeted programmes and engagement strategies to eliminate the root causes of youth involvement in crime.
He assured the visiting Coordinator of the Ministry’s full support and collaboration, emphasizing that “drug abuse remains a major catalyst for crime, including thuggery and other social vices. The Ministry will work closely with your Centre to provide the needed enlightenment and public sensitisation required to reform our youth.”
Earlier, the Coordinator of the Kiru Reformative Centre, Ms. Cheryl Aminta Kwagga, requested the Ministry’s partnership in creating awareness and public sensitisation on the Centre’s activities aimed at reforming youths. She acknowledged the strategic role of the Ministry in engaging the public and expressed the need for collaboration in addressing the menace. “This battle must be fought together, especially by leveraging the Ministry’s vast experience in media and information dissemination to reach our communities,” she said.
Ms. Kwagga explained that her visit to the Ministry was part of a broader stakeholder engagement drive to mobilise institutional support and resources.
According to her, the Kiru Reformative Centre is committed to addressing the root causes of drug abuse and thuggery through rehabilitation, advocacy, and community-based interventions
