The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has condemned the spate of explosions currently rocking the nation, just as it urged members of the Boko Haram sect to embrace dialogue.

Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, gave the charge on Sunday while reacting to the deadly bomb incident at St Finbarr’s Catholic Church in Jos, Plateau State which also sparked reprisal attacks in which about ten people were killed in parts of the city.

A statement by Aliyu’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Danladi Ndayebo, said the governor urged the perpetrators of the “dastardly act to respect the sanctity of human life while expressing their grievances, saying that the forum is pained by the latest bomb attacks on schools and places of worship.”

Aliyu said the surest way to resolve differences is through dialogue and challenged those with grievances in all parts of the country to follow the path of dialogue instead of violence.

“The forum commiserated with the families of those killed or injured during the blast and called on all security agencies to double their efforts in the discharge of their responsibilities of protecting the lives and property of the citizens,” the statement said and reiterated the resolve of the governors of the 19 states of the North to work with the Federal Government to ensure that normalcy returns to the country.