KOTA BARU (Bernama): Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob has expressed his concern over the drug problems affecting youths in the state.
He said many youths in Kelantan were easily influenced by “unhealthy elements”, especially on the use of synthetic drugs like ecstasy and syabu.
As such, he hoped the state-level conference of the National Youth Consultative Council, being held Monday (April 8), would find solutions to address the problem.
“I hope that this conference will find solutions and bring them to … (the) proper channels, especially to the attention of the Youth and Sports Ministry, as well as eight other ministries related to youths,” he told reporters after opening the conference here.
The one-day conference was attended by about 150 participants, comprising representatives from government agencies and non-governmental organisations.
Meanwhile, Ahmad said the state government was working on a project known as “Generasi Sejahtera” (Gentera) aimed at moulding a generation based on the policy of “Developing With Islam”.
The role of the Gentera participants is to influence their peer group to do good, he added. – Bernama
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