African Council on Narcotics (ACON)

The African Council on Narcotics (ACON) is a voluntary, non-racial, non-political, non-profit and non-governmental organization (NGO). ACON is involved in diverse actions/activities against illicit substance use/abuse and trafficking. The primary mandate of the council is to improve upon the quality of social life of our youth empowering them to live healthy drug-free lifestyle. ACON was founded in January 1994 and officially registered on 8 July 1996 in Nigeria under Part C – Incorporated Trustees of the Companies and Allied Matters Decree No. 1, 1990 of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with Registration No. 9552. Since then the council has embarked upon a number of programmes and projects in line with the objectives and mandate in the ACON charter.