The Forum of Former Federal Lawmakers in Nigeria has decried the current state of insecurity in the country urging the government to end the menace immediately.
The forum in a public notice suggested ways out of the logjam.
It said the government must first correct perceived areas of injustice, exclusion, and economic alienation in the country as part of a robust solution to end insecurity.
The former federal lawmakers also advised that government must intensify dialogue with non-state actors in order to assuage frayed nerves across the nation and succeed in containing agitations, conflicts, and insurgencies benefiting the society.
The former lawmakers said they were worried about the menace of farmers/herder’s clash and proffered ranching as the best solution to sedentary pastoralism.
Against the backdrop of the porousness of the nation’s borders, the former federal lawmakers urged governments at all levels to scale up land border control measures.
It called on the Federal Government to issue a timeline during which to vanquish the Boko Haram insurgency amongst others, while also calling for an end to bloody secessionist agitations.