The wife of Taraba state governor Anna Darius has expressed concern over rate of drug abuse among young people and gender-based violence against women and girls in the state.

She said at a forum in Jalingo that increasing rates of violence against women and girls as well as drug abuse among Youths in societies across the state is a matter of concern which must be tackle.

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Darius explained that women should be respected and should be given opportunity in all sphere of life by the society.

She urged victims of gender-based violence to always speaker out and expose perpetrators so that culprits could face the law.