Gov. Umar Al-makura of Nasarawa State on Thursday urged the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North to remain committed to its mandate.
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The governor said this in Lafia, the state capital, when members of the committee paid him a courtesy call at the Government House.
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Al-makura said the committee should pursue vigorously its mandate of bringing members of the Islamic 'Boko Haram' sect to the dialogue table.
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The governor also urged members of the committee to offer wise and sincere advice to the Federal Government as regards the Boko Haram insurgency.
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He said that the sponsors and collaborators of terrorism could be prominent individuals living within and outside Nigeria.
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According to Al-makura, "without peace in the country, there will be no meaningful development."