Gowon urges Nigerians to support Buhari

Ikenne-Remo - Former military Head of State,
Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, 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.
- CAJ News