Yakubu Gowon, the former Head of State, said Nigeria did not collapse under his watch.
Gowon said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the launching of his 859-page autobiography, My Life of Duty and Allegiance, entitled “No Going Back”.
Complex solutions are creating unnecessary tension in every nook and cranny of the country, he said.
The ex-military leader also said he was worried that Nigerians never get tired of coming up with difficult solutions to simple problems.
The citizens, he said, would rather complicate the simple problems with more complex and ambiguous solutions that would generate tension in the country.
“It is my belief that the book will correct those misgivings,” Gowon said.
“Under my watch as Head of State, the country did not collapse. And I know that, despite all its challenges, the nation still will not fall.
My hope is that this book will help to correct misconceptions and fill the void in popular narratives,” he said.
