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| Dr. Yakubu Gowon, former Military head of state of Nigeria. |
Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu
Gowon (rtd), on Thursday, called for support for President Muhammadu
Buhari-led-government, saying administering political leadership was not an
easy task.
Gowon made the call while
speaking to reporters during his condolence visit to the Obafemi Awolowo family
over HID Awolowo's death at the family's country home in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun.
The former military
leader urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the present administration,
adding that he had utmost confidence in the leadership qualities of Buhari to
increase the country's fortunes.
He said Nigerians should
always make their demands to government known through appropriate channels,
noting that positive criticism was good toward improving the nation's
socio-economic challenges.
``Whenever any government
comes in, it is highly important to give it time to be able to really put
things right. Nigeria is not an easy place to govern.
``I can assure you that
there are as many problems as there are Nigerians in the world and everybody
wants to do things in a particular way, in his own way and probably for his own
interest.
``When you think of that
as a leader, you ponder how you are going to get all the ideas together and do
things right.
``When you have problems
in a nation, it is not easy to get rid of them overnight.
``I think we have got to
be patient with our president and then we have to cooperate with government to
get things in order.’’
Gowon further appealed to
Nigerians to always seek peace to fast-track national development and support
Nigeria's fight against insurgency by being vigilant at all times.
He said ``peace in the
country will lead to prosperity. We must work together for peace and a unified
Nigeria, there is no two ways about it.’’ (NAN)
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