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I Am Alive, Fmr Head Of State, General Yakubu Gowon- The Eagle

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1 year ago

October 10, 2023

If you are also concerned about the welfare of former military head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, forget rumours about his health.

The man himself has come out to say, that he is alive.

General Gowon refuted the rumour while speaking with the Vanguard, via telephone.

He wondered where the rumours had emanated from,

The paper however tried to establish a link with speculations on social media about a man who bore similar name.

But as against, General Yakubu Gowon, the other name is Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo, immediate past Vice Chancellor of the Niger Delta University in Bayelsa State; the latter on Saturday.

Within the week, General Yakubu Gowon was in the news, when he described the establishment of federal government colleges, also known as unity schools, as a success.

This he did in a foreword in the ”Coral Beads”, a new book published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Federal Government Girls’ College, FGGC, Benin city,

“The story of government colleges, later referred to as ‘unity schools’, is very fascinating, and I have fond memories of the very beginning of the establishment of federal government colleges for girls” he was quoted as saying.

The Eagle reports that General Gowon occupies an interesting place in Nigeria’s history, being the head of State when the country fought a civil war.

He thus led the federal side in the three-year war with Biafra with Late General Odumegqu Ojukwu as Head of Stae.

Gowon, and at the end of the war, introduced a policy of “No victor no vanquished” as a way of reintegrating the different regions.

“I keenly observed the sense of unity and camaraderie among the students, how they related with one another in such a joyful and cordial way, regardless of their ethnic or religious backgrounds, immediately so soon after the civil war as though nothing so traumatic had happened.