“Real change cannot happen within 30 days, don’t rush Buhari” – Gowon Warns

General Yakubu Gowon warned that rushing the leadership could result in the government taking bad decisions that might be adverse to the Nigerians whereby they may become the loser.

Nigeria former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, has warned Nigerians to be calm and not to rush the President Muhammadu Buhari as real change cannot happen within 30 days.

Gowon made this statement while speaking to Nigerian Tribune in Ibadan following complains by Nigerians that Buhari’s government is slow and has not done much in 30 days being in office.

The former head of state noted that the problems confronting the country are enormous and it will take time to fix the problems. He pleads with Nigerians to give the leadership some time to tackle the country problems in a logical manner.

Gowon further stressed that Nigerians duty is to be responsible and make government accountable but held that it should be gradual.

“Give him a chance. You cannot solve any problem within two or three days. People say they want a change but as far as the problem of Nigeria is concerned, you cannot do it in one day, in one month. It will take time before a lot of these changes would be done and done effectively.”

“Let us give Buhari the chance to do things in the proper way to be able to get a good result. I have read it in some papers where people question him that in 30 days nothing has been done. It is unnecessary.”

“They criticised me when I was Head of State that the civil war was taking too long. I said, Yes, do they know some of the problems that are involved in dealing with some of those problems,” he said.