Sen. Olusola Adeyeye on Friday called on the Federal Government to explore all possible means, including concession to the aggrieved in the interest of peace.
Adeyeye, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo, stressed the need for the current security crisis to come to an end.
Adeyeye, who represents Osun Central Constituency, was elected a member of the National Assembly on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
Adeyeye said no sacrifice would be too much for the attainment of peace even if it meant the granting of amnesty to the aggrieved as it had been done to the Niger Delta militants.
NAN recalls that former President Umaru Yar'Adua eventually quelled the militancy in the Niger Delta when he introduced amnesty to the aggrieved youth in 2009.
He said that it had been difficult for President Goodluck Jonathan to end the present security crisis because those behind the problem were operating underground.
The lawmaker urged all government authorities to improve on development efforts that would raise the standard of living of the ordinary people to minimise protests.
He said government should do more to provide the enabling environment to make the people have easy access to food and shelter.
The senator said most states of the federation were not viable enough to enable them embark on development projects that could impact positively on the people.
“The only viable states are the oil producing states and if the oil is dry, it means the states are gone altogether because they are not viable without the oil wealth,” he said.
Adeyeye noted that if some states could not even sustain primary schools in this 21st century, the development might constitute a threat to the future of education.
The senator called on the states to explore viable means of survival and not always make the Federal Government “a beast of burden'' in the quest to survive.
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