By DAYO JOHNSON
AKURE—THE Senator representing Ondo South at the National Assembly, Boluwaji Kunlere, yesterday, supported  moves by the Federal Government to dialogue with members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

Kunlere, at an interactive session with newsmen, said the National Assembly was in support of the move aimed at ending the killings across the North.

He said: “We must dialogue; the Senate is in support of dialogue; but the thing is that they must come out. When the Niger-Delta people were fighting, they came out and stated their grievances.

“If the dialogue must take place, we must know the people that will represent Boko Haram and not suicide bombers.”

Kunlere commended the amnesty programme of the Federal Government, saying it had drastically increased crude oil production.

He noted that before the introduction of the amnesty programme, crude oil production per day in the country had reduce to below 700,000 barrels which he said was not too good for the country.

The senator, a member of the House Committee on Niger-Delta, said, “the amnesty, although it may not be perfect, it is yielding fruitful results with the restoration of peace in the Niger-Delta area of the country.”

He described the present agitation still going on among the people as normal as it would take time to rectify the destruction and neglect of several years in a day, appealing to them to bear with the federal government for the successful implementation of the amnesty programme.