- Mr. Gowon conveyed these sentiments after a meeting with Mr. Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday
Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon has encouraged Nigerians to afford more time to the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for addressing the numerous challenges facing the country.
He emphasized that it is too early in the administration’s tenure to expect the resolution of all inherited crises across various sectors.
Mr. Gowon conveyed these sentiments after a meeting with Mr. Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday.
“Well, I was telling him that there is no Nigerian leader that gets there and will not have all the reports 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 do.
“I think all what one can say is that Nigerians, we’ve got to give the President time to get things really done. And it is too early to say absolute result, perfect result will be achieved now.”
Mr Gowon said the meeting with the president also centred on the issue of the challenges facing the ECOWAS subregions, adding that they 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,” Mr Gowon said.