The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says that discussion is the best way to end agitators in the country.
Speaking on Sunday during The Peoples Townhall that was organized by Channels Television and its partners, Obi assured to engage all agitators in the country if he is elected in the February 25 presidential election.
“We are in a democratic dispensation; you govern by discussing, you govern by consensus. So, I will sit down and discuss with every agitator without exception of name. We must use carrot and stick (approach),” he said.
“I will discuss with those who want to discuss. You have to look at what is causing agitations today; it is issues of injustice, issues of where there is no fairness, issues to do with poverty, unemployment.
“When you start to address these issues and you engage them in discussions and you start bringing them to the table, no agitator anywhere in the world will see reason that things are going the way they ought to and will continue to agitate because they are agitating for something.”
The former Anambra State governor who maintained that agitations are part of Democracy however said that no agitator anywhere in the world will continue to agitate when they see that things are working the way they should or when they are given cogent reasons why certain decisions are being taken by the government.
He however warned that if Nigerian government continues in what he described as injustice, unfairness, poverty, unemployment and young people not knowing where the next meal will come from that crisis in the country will continue to be on the increase.
