Insecurity: Buhari opts for dialogue with Southeast leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari has concluded to adopt dialogue as the way to go to resolve the worsening insecurity situation in the south-east, Nigeria.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on Sunday, in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Addressing state house correspondents after the meeting, Ngige informed that the President has also enabled series of dialogues to be held with leaders in the region.

He stressed that discussions at the meeting equally encapsulated what the south-east is demanding from the federal government as well as what the government plans to do for the region to assuage the feelings of the people.

He stressed that complaints from the national labour union regarding a breach of agreement had reached the President and they have begun plans to halt any further friction in the midst of the fragile situation within Kaduna State.

Members of the South East Governors’ Forum had earlier condemned the activities of secessionist groups in the region and other parts of the country.

They distanced themselves from the agitations of such groups, frowning on the violence that ensued which led to the loss of lives and destruction of properties.

The governors, in a bid to tackle the security challenges and restore peace in the region, went beyond their political differences and met on Saturday in Enugu State .

“We condemn in totality, the activities of violent secessionist groups in the South East and elsewhere; we firmly proclaim that we do not support them, they do not speak for South East,” said the Chairman of the Forum and Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, at the end of the meeting.