A Nigerian man has argued that popular rapper Naira Marley is a more suitable person to be used to create drug abuse awareness.
This came following Naira Marley’s collaboration with the NDLEA to fight against drug abuse amongst youths.
You’d recall it was reported on Thursday 17 August, 2023 that the singer is now in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on a campaign against drug abuse.
The man known as @verydarrkmann took to his TikTok account to share his opinion on the decision by NDLEA to use Naira Marley as an ambassador to kick against drug abuse.
This came following reactions from netizens who criticised NDLEA for choosing the rapper who’s well known to be a long-time drug user.
The TikToker who’s in support of NDLEA’s decision gave his verdict on the matter.
He said he feels the ‘soapy’ crooner is the perfect person to be used to pass the message. Reasons being that Naira Marley is a highly respected figure in the society. And since the youths knows him to be a drug user, they’ll consider the message to be more valid than when it’s coming from someone who’s not known for using drugs.
In his words;
“The youths trust Naira Marley, because if a smoker comes out to tell them that smoking is bad, they’ll believe the smoker. Than carrying someone who doesn’t smoke to tell people to stop smoking. Nobody is going to believe that there’s danger by smokinɠ because he has no smoking experience.
.so Naira Marley is the perfect person to pass the message.”
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