Nigerians have been urged by retired general Yakubu Gowon to give President Bola Tinubu’s administration more time to address the numerous issues the nation is currently facing.
He added that it was too early in the life of the administration to begin to resolve all the inherited crisis in different sectors.
Gowon made this statement following a meeting with Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja at the Presidential Villa.
“Well, I was telling him that no Nigerian leader that get there and will not have all the report of what is being said about him.
“But certainly, there’s no doubt from what one hears and what one sees on the various media. I think the government is trying its best to deal with the various problems of the country.
“Don’t you worry, you will get criticised but people who get there know better than you know.
“I believe the only thing that can be said, Nigerians, is that we need to give the President more time to complete his tasks. And it is too early to say absolute result, perfect result will be achieved now.”
Gowon said the meeting with the President also centred on the issue of the challenges facing the ECOWAS subregions, adding that it must be settled amicably.
“Being the surviving leader, or founding fathers of the ECOWAS, I think we had to discuss some of his plans in order to see what can be done to bring the matter under control,” Gowon said.
He debunked claims on social media that he refused to attend an event organised by ECOWAS, adding that this was probably due to miscommunication.
“I think there was a miscommunication but then, it gave the opportunity for the President to call me so that we can discuss what I was to do.”(NAN)
