By Sandra Benson

The Federal Government has called on relevant stakeholders to make concerted efforts towards ending drug abuse among youths in the country to prepare them for employment, entrepreneurship, and becoming future leaders.

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, made the call during a working visit to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Abuja.

Olawande said that the ministry was planning to establish an institution that would be known as the Nigerian Youth Academy.

He said in the institutions, youths would be taken through some training to engage them in meaningful ventures in order to avoid the temptation of drug abuse and crime.