Support Children Suffering from Drug Abuse, Salami Advises Parents

Property developer and Managing Director of Mubdhab Homes Ltd, Dr. Abubakar Salami, has advised parents of children suffering from drugs abuse not to give up on them, saying that such children can still stay out of the practice and become successful.

According to him, only God can decide who is useless, adding that once someone with drug addiction takes personal decision to stop the bad habit, he or she is capable of changing the narrative and becoming a useful individual in the society.

Stating, Wednesday, during an interview with journalists in Abuja, Salami disclosed that he was involved in substance abuse for about 12 years before he decided to stay out of the bad practice.

He also said that he became diligent in property business and can now share his success story for others to emulate.

Advising parents of children with drug abuse, Salami said, “Don’t give up on your children suffering from substance abuse. don't lose hope. It's like we say, it's an illness, right? You would continue to find help and cure.

“Then another advice I have to parents is make your house a shield.

“The first point that drives people into these things it’s like a form of escape. So, what are the children, the young ones trying to escape from? Abuse from unconventional homes.

“So, many times the parents have subconsciously driven their children into this lifestyle with their ways and lifestyle.

“Just imagine, you come to the house and you're beating your wife all the time and your child doesn't like that sight. Your child goes to stay in the streets and he gets hooked.

“You're a father in absentia. You're not always around. Your child finds solace in the streets, your child gets hooked. It's mostly from the streets, right? Now, if you build a proper home where there's love, protection, shield around your children, your place of children, even when they go to school and they meet children from those unconventional homes, that love and that guidance will shield them.”

Regarding his practical steps for dynamic society, Salami said, “What makes me happy is to bring a lot of people out of these dark places, because I know how it feels to be there, it is not a place anybody wants to be.

“So, I use my platform, my business to drive a lot of these things, giving hand in service to those who have been suffering for so long. I also use to tell them - it is only the grace of God that can bring you out of that place.