In the wake of rising insecurity in the Southeast, the Federal Government has resorted to dialogue with stakeholders to douse the crisis.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said the option had already started.
He spoke with reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Ngige said: “We also looked at the security situation, especially in my zone, the Southeast, and we made some proposal to him (the President), based on the yearnings of the people, and what the government also wants.
“We are following up with dialogue, which at the end of the day is what will happen. We have to talk, we have to discuss.
“The Minister of Defence, Minister of Interior and the Service Chiefs were in Enugu earlier last Saturday and we are going to do follow-up meetings on that again.
“We briefed him and he accepted that dialogue is the way to go in all these. Like I keep on saying, there is a very thin line between perception and reality, so certain things should be done, at least to assuage the feelings of the people in the area and make them not feel unwanted. So, that area was discussed.”
