NDLEA inducts Optiva Capital Chairman, CEO as WADA ambassadors
It was a day of honour and glamour as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) inducted the Chairman of Optiva Capital, Franklin Nechi and the CEO, Dr Jane Kimemia as ambassadors of the War Against Drug Abuse, (WADA).
The Optiva duo were conferred with the honours at the headquarters of the company in Lagos in a brief ceremony.
In her remarks, the agency’s Assistant Commander General of Narcotics, Archie Ibinabo said the Optiva duo merit the ambassadorial honour due to their invaluable contributions to the country.
“You have impacted the lives of people. You have been made as a WADA ambassador. We don’t induct people because we want to do that. It is the premiums we put on people that we have conducted their background checks, so that can help amplify our voices in areas where we can be,” she said.
She further urged the Optiva Chairman and CEO to use their ambassadorial role to impact the community.
Responding, an obviously elated Nechi said he considers the honour as a call to greater responsibility to serve the society.
He informed the NDLEA team that Optiva Capital Partners is willing and ready at all times to push the campaign against drug abuse.
The Chairman of Optiva Capital, further reiterated his firm’s commitment to promoting good health, saying health is pivotal to wealth generation and retention.
He said, “We understand the magnitude of the issue at stake. As a company it has been a desire to impart. We look at our business as family oriented and you cannot have a family without being healthy.”
He hinted that the firm plans to establish three mobile hospitals to serve as first responder to accidents, saying it is part of its effort to promote health in the country.
“We went into health and brought a hospital. The principal reason is to promote the health of the people.
“We have ordered about three mobile hospitals so that when people have accidents, we will reach them before taking them,” he said.
He promised to support the agency in its bid to eradicate drug abuse, saying the firm would extend the campaign to the learning environment.
“Drug abuse is one of the greatest problems in the community. Ninety per cent of cultism derives from drug abuse. If we can solve drug abuse, we have solved so many inherent problems of drug abuse.
“Many children have lost their lives in the schools. All of these things we will work with you to see how those things can be eliminated in our universities,” he said.
In the same vein, the CEO of Optiva Capital Partners, Dr Jane Kimemia thanked the NDLEA for the recognition while noting that this is an area she is passionate about.
She assured the NDLEA of her full commitment to taking the campaign against drug abuse to students and young people.
She noted that the campaign against drug abuse is also linked with Optiva’s vision of helping individuals manage their wealth.
She noted that drug abuse is a means by which generational wealth can end.
Dr Jane was also recently honoured at the African Achievers Awards, held at the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, UK Parliament as the Pan African Entrepreneur of the Year.
