Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), a former head of state, has explained why he declined to support any political party in the nation.
This was revealed by the elder statesman on Wednesday in Abuja when he welcomed the League of Northern Democrats (LND), which Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of Kano State, headed.
The 90-year-old senior statesman declared that Nigeria is his only loyalty, adding that his military career had influenced his conviction that serving the nation should come first.
Gowon said he urged people to go beyond local concerns and consider Nigeria as a whole, emphasizing that disagreements are normal, they should never stop Nigerians from cooperating to find solutions to problems for the nation’s sake.
According to him
“I’ve always believed in taking the best from all ideologies, be it socialism, capitalism, or others, and applying them for the greater good.
“During my time in government, we valued diverse perspectives, but decisions were always made in the interest of the people and the nation.”
Gowon expressed hope that the guests’ mission would not simply be a return to their old thinking in which the North prioritizes the North, the West prioritizes the West, and the East prioritizes the East, until the Mid-West emerged to think for itself, stating that his position has always been that whatever the north does must serve Nigeria’s greater interest.
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cc: Daily Post Ng
