The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, says the federal government is working to ensure an enabling environment for youths to excel in their chosen career and to stem the “japa syndrome.”

Mr Olawande told journalists in Abuja that with an enabling environment, all Nigerians, especially youths, would not bother travelling abroad, and those who travelled would want to return.

He said, “President Bola Tiunbu is working to ensure an enabling environment so that people that Japa will come back and live a normal life. Japa syndrome is good only when people invest in something and then come back to the country to develop and create employment.”

According to him, the government is working toward providing an enabling environment where Nigerians will be engaged in one thing or the other. Mr Olawande said more people would even have the opportunity to travel to gain knowledge, return to the country, and impact lives.