By Chioma Obinna
On this year’s World Drug Day the Mountain Top Rehabilitation Centre (MTRC), the addiction prevention and treatment arm of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, trained 130 guidance counsellors from government secondary schools across Lagos in substance use prevention, early identification, counselling and referral systems.
The two-day event, aimed at tackling the growing concerns over substance abuse among adolescents, intensive training, held as part of activities marking the 2026 World Drug Day,. The programme brought together counsellors from public schools across the state to strengthen school-based responses to the rising threat of drug abuse among teenagers.
Organised at the Shalom Auditorium of the MFM International Headquarters in Lagos, the programme focused on equipping participants with practical, evidence-based tools to identify early warning signs of substance use, provide appropriate counselling, and refer affected students for timely intervention.
The training, themed “Strengthening School-Based Substance Use Prevention, Early Identification, Counselling Response and Referral Systems,” comes at a time experts say substance use among young people is becoming an increasing public health and social concern, with implications for mental health, academic performance and crime.
