Nigeria, July 1 -- If we assume that kidnapping, insurgency and other security problems are politically motivated, then the solution is political not military and we must tackle these challenges through dialogue.

As Sir Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister once said, "to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war". The phrase simply means that it is always better to negotiate and talk things out than to result to conflict. But then the initiative must come from the government itself especially the President.

I am not referring to dialogue between the people and the kidnappers, the terrorists and the militants, I am referring to a dialogue between the government and the opposition leaders.

Every effort must be made by our ...