 Former President Ulusegou Obasanjo has called on the federal government to develop means to deal with kidnappers and bandits heavily in place of the payment of ransom. He also stressed the need for leaders to ensure the 2023 birth of the emergence of a new federation in Nigeria, warning that the country may slide into what he described as ground dissolution. The elder statesman made the recommendation when he received members of the TV Professionals Group, TPG led by Professor Zakaris Gundu in Abelkota, the Ogun state capital. He added, government has always paid ransom, not only this government, even during Goodlock Jonathan's administration.