Mrs. Ilugbuhi earned a Bachelor’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria and received a Master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. She also holds a National Diploma Certificate in Mass Communication from The Polytechnic, Calabar (Now Cross River State University of Science and Technology), Cross River State, Nigeria.

Mrs. Ilugbuhi is a substance abuse counselor, expert in school and community based substance abuse prevention, a Master Trainer in the Universal Prevention Curriculum for Substance Use (UPC) Implementer Series under the Colombo Plan, a Master Trainer for UNODC on Substance abuse prevention and psychosocial treatment interventions.

She had a 21 year career with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, the focal agency for drug control in Nigeria where she worked in the law enforcement and drug demand reduction departments. Mrs. Ilugbuhi’s passion is in capacity building, drug demand reduction initiatives, mentoring and clinical supervision for a healthy and safe development of young people to realize and maximize their potentials.

Mr. Olatunde holds a Bachelor degree in Chemistry Education from University of Benin, Benin-city Edo state, MBA in Human Resources Management from Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos state as well as a certificate in Project Management from Ibadan Business School. He is a Substance Use Prevention professional haven received training as a national trainer on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) Implementer Series: Core and the School Track organized by the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) in Collaboration with Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) U.S Department of state. He has also received training on UPC Family Based Prevention intervention, training on Evidence Based Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention and Management in the Workplace among others.

 Mr. Olatunde is as a functional member of the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP) and has been privileged to attend international conferences of the association and collaborators such as;

1. The 3^rd Annual International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR), San Diego, California (June 4-5, 2018)
2. The International Drug Demand Reduction Conference & Workshop organized by ISSUP held in Nairobi, Kenya (December 10-14, 2018)

• International Conference on Drug Prevention ,Treatment and Care: Inspiration & Direction held in Vienna, Austria (July 1-5 2019)

He is also a member of other professional institutes/bodies such as;

• Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria
• Member, Nigerian Institute of Management
• Associate, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria
• Member of the International Red Cross Society

 Mr. Olatunde is a professional teacher with over 20 years of experience. He was a principal/School Manager for over 15 years and rose to become the President of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS), Lagos state chapter before he retired statutorily from active service in 2019. Mr. Olatunde has since picked up interest and started playing active role in Substance Use Prevention among Teens & Youths. He has been a co-facilitator of Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) with Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) to raise the number of Prevention Professionals in Nigeria. He is also a facilitator on Health and Safety and has trained participants for Lagos State Government and “Ghana Vision Zerooo”.

Mr. Olatunji was born in the year 1992, he holds a B.Sc. (Ed.) degree in Political Science from the prestigious University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. 
Mr. Olatunji currently work as a youth leader/Trainer at Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Nigeria. He is a beneficiary of the 2nd global youth leaders’ forum on Drug use prevention fully sponsored by the organizers; International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals and Colombo Plan Program in Nairobi, Kenya 2018 where he received training on substance use prevention. Mr. Olatunji is one of the beneficiaries of the first International Training of Trainers on The Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders in Nigeria where he is certified as a trainer on Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders. 
He has 5 year experience serving as a volunteer staff with Hope for Family Development Initiative (HFDI), a Non-Governmental Organization in Nigeria. While at Hope for Family Development Initiative (HFDI), Mr. Olatunji made significant contributions to the organization through presentations on child abuse, HIV prevention, youth’s empowerment and mentoring among others. Mr. Olatunji has passion for youth mentoring and training. During his time as a National Youth Service Corp member at Julitola International Schools in Lokoja, Kogi State, he organized a seminar and training for students and staff members on “The dangers of using drugs and abuse of substances to facilitate learning”. He also has a managerial experience at matrix top1 energy limited Delta State, Nigeria and teaching-practice training at Nurudeen Grammar School Osun State, Nigeria.

Mr. Mabo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History, Post Graduate Diploma in Education both from the University of Lagos, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the Lagos State University.

He started his work career as a secondary school teacher between 1986 and 1990 before joining the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as one of the pioneer Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics in June 1990. He held many command and administrative positions in NDLEA, including Deputy Commander of the Agency’s Training school and State Commander. He retired at the statutory age of 60 as the Director, Operations and General Investigation of the Agency. He was a member of the Agency’s management for 8 years during which he made several presentations and represented the Agency at local and international meetings and conferences.

In retirement, Mr. Mabo took special interest in the field of drug demand reduction, especially in prevention. He has attended and successfully completed the UPC Core training, UPC School-based specialty track, and the Community and Family-based specialty tracks. He has also completed the UPC Core 3 pilot course and the Universal Recovery Curriculum (URC) ALLIES Model Course. This is in addition to his participation in several webinars on drug demand reduction-related topics.

Mr. Mabo is a member of the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment and Professionals and participated in the ISSUP Conference held in Abu Dhabi (2022) where he expanded his global network in the field of drug demand reduction. Mr. Mabo is a UPC National Trainer with Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA).

Dr. Odewale is a professional counsellor with special interest in substance abuse counselling. She obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling, Master of Education in Educational Foundations (Guidance and Counselling and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Guidance and Counselling form University of Lagos. Her diligence, commitment, dedication, learner’s heart and humility earned her the best Ph.D student (with best Thesis) in Counselling from University of Lagos in 2017. She has worked as a facilitator with Fadama, a World Bank project. She has five years work experience as a Lecturer in a private College of Education in Lagos, Nigeria.

Dr. Odewale is a National Trainer on Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC), a member of the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professional (ISSUP). She is also a member of Association of Professional Counsellors in Nigeria (APROCON). She has co-facilitated sessions on Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC). She has attended several workshops and conferences on substance abuse sensitization and prevention. Her passion for the well-being of people, most especially the young ones has motivated her to write scholarly articles on deviant behaviours, psychosocial problems, bullying and mental health problems. She speaks in conferences, seminars and schools. Her passion is to see people happy and fulfilled in life.