1. Gowon changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria by abolishing the Region's, and creating states, with Decree 14
2. Gowon introduced unitary rule by abolishing resource control, with Decree 15
3. Gowon caused the civil war by breaking the Aburi agreement he signed in Ghana
4. Gowons 9 years in power marked the period Nigeria earned the most from oil, yet had nothing to show for it
The long version:
Gowon came to power in early early August 1966 when Northern elements of the Nigerian Army staged a military coup that claimed over 300 lives. However, the Eastern Region's Military Governor,
Lt Colonel Ojukwu, refused to recognise him as head of state, stating that the most senior officer of the time and chief of general staff , Brigadier Ogundipe, should take over.
Because the 4 Regions of the time controlled their resources, and were financially independent of the federal government, Gowon was forced to meet Ojukwu in a neutral territory outside Nigeria. They met in Aburi, Ghana, where Ojukwu pledged keep the unity of Nigeria and recognise Gowon as head of State, as long as certain conditions were met.
One of the 12 conditions Gowon agreed and signed to(that would be later known as the Aburi agreement or accord), was that during the period of Military rule, Gowon would not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. This ensured that the 4 Region's maintained their financial independence of the Federal government Without fear that any Region would dominate the other through the centre
However, within weeks of returning to Nigeria, Gowon broke the agreement he signed by enacting Decree 14, which abolished the 4 Region's, and replaced them with 12 brand new states, half of which went to the North. Gowon followed this up with Decree 15 that abolished resource control,and made the newly created states financially dependent on the federal government. Subsequent military dictators would continue this trend until Nigeria had 36 states
With the Aburi accord broken, Ojukwu had no other choice but to declare the Eastern Region The Republic of Biafra, and war followed.
After the war, Gowons government saw the largest oil boom era in the history of Nigeria. However, Gowons istration was riddled with massive corruption, financial recklessness, cronyism and poor judgment which led to future economic disaster
Gowon did not fight to keep Nigeria one, he fought to make the North masters of Nigeria. Had Gowon wanted to keep Nigeria one, he would have kept to the agreement he signed in Ghana. But he could not keep to the agreement because it prevented him and his fellow Northerners from taking control of Nigeria
There is nothing to celebrate about Gowon, he was just a military dictator, war monger and a terrible .
Well, consider that Gowon was only 31 years old and not versed in these things nor well-educated like Ojukwu. So he had to massively depend on advice. When he came back from Aburi people like the guy who later became Oba Akenzuo told him he agreed to nonsense (mainly because oil money was just starting to slush in and all the oil was in the East). If Aburi had stood, with oil money the East would have quickly become richer and stronger than the Federal government and all the other regions combined!
And the reason they were cheated out of the natural resources God gave them (see my post above)
Igbon are expansionist with sketchy origin. No Igbon in the SS
Igbo History: Igbo GwọọNshi ancestors descend from Aka/Bayakah pygmies from northeast Congo basins thick equatorial forest who scattered westward fleeing from the great Bantu migration for their lives as their newly arrived "giant" Bantu neighbors favored sacrificing pygmies for rituals worship.
Akakpụ Igbo were steadfast in refusal to give cannibalism which was abolished.resulted in them being banished & isolated to the South East Nigeria forest/bush (Igbo).
Igbo GwọọNshi ancestors intermixed with the "giant" or normal genes of escaped slaves & fugitives fleeing into the forest surrounded by powerful Kingdoms of Benin, Igala, Ika, Ijaw, Ikwerre, Efik, Ibibio, Idoma, etc. The primitive "bush people or "forest-dwelling tribes" that is the forest/igbo, served as slave resource pool for these kingdoms hence Igbo name is coned forever with slavery. Every Igbo forever carry the recessed pygmy gene.
1. Gowon changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria by abolishing the Region's, and creating states
2. Gowon introduced unitary rule by abolishing resource control
3. Gowon caused the civil war by breaking the Aburi agreement
4. Gowons 9 years in power marked the period Nigeria earmed the most from oil, yet had nothing to show for it
The long version:
Gowon came to power in early early August 1966 when Northern elements of the Nigerian Army staged a military coup that claimed over 300 lives. However, the Eastern Region's Military Governor,
Lt Colonel Ojukwu, refused to recognise him as head of state, stating that the most senior officer of the time and chief of general staff , Brigadier Ogundipe, should take over.
Because the 4 Regions of the time controlled their resources, and were financially independent of the federal government, Gowon was forced to meet Ojukwu in a neutral territory outside Nigeria. They met in Aburi, Ghana, where Ojukwu pledged keep the unity of Nigeria and recognise Gowon as head of State, as long as certain conditions were met.
One of the 12 conditions Gowon agreed and signed to(that would be later known as the Aburi agreement or accord), was that during the period of Military rule, Gowon would not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. This ensured that the 4 Region's maintained their financial independence of the Federal government Without fear that any Region would dominate the other through the centre
However, within weeks of returning to Nigeria, Gowon broke the agreement he signed by enacting Decree 14, which abolished the 4 Region's, and replaced them with 12 brand new states, half of which went to the North. Gowon followed this up with Decree 15 that abolished resource control,and made the newly created states financially dependent on the federal government. Subsequent military dictators would continue this trend until Nigeria had 36 states
With the Aburi accord broken, Ojukwu had no other choice but to declare the Eastern Region The Republic of Biafra, and war followed.
After the war, Gowons government saw the largest oil boom era in the history of Nigeria. However, Gowons istration was riddled with massive corruption, financial recklessness, cronyism and poor judgment which led to future economic disaster
Gowon did not fight to keep Nigeria one, he fought to make the North masters of Nigeria. Had Gowon wanted to keep Nigeria one, he would have kept to the agreement he signed in Ghana. But he could not keep to the agreement because it prevented him and his fellow Northerners from taking control of Nigeria
There is nothing to celebrate about Gowon, he was just a military dictator, war monger and a terrible .
u are just rewriting history
Igbos did 80% of what u listed there
An Igbo man brought federalism
Which useless aburi accord, u Igbos have all been bursted in all your lies
I will look for a thread on this same nairaland that dispute your lies about aburi accord
You are the one displaying abject ignorance - citing an obviously biased write-up.
THINK for once: what does who made announcement first have to do with the substance of a lengthy agreement?? You watched the video. Which of the two individuals you see on
video makes sense?
If we can't tell ourselves the truth about something as clear as Aburi, what can we tell the truth about??
You are the one displaying abject ignorance - citing an obviously biased write-up.
THINK for once: what does who made announcement first have to do with the substance of a lengthy agreement?? You watched the video. Which of the two individuals you see on the video
makes sense?
If we can't tell ourselves the truth about something as clear as Aburi, what can we tell the truth about??
oga y did ojukwu announced first?
Guy u people have been bursted since
Check d first paragraph n it bursted gidgiddy lie by clearly stating an igbo aguiyi ironsi abolished regionalism for federalism
Oga we all know Reno is always on point as regards history, dispute anything in that response
At least I have bursted like 3 lies in op write up
Check d first paragraph n it bursted gidgiddy lie by clearly stating an igbo aguiyi ironsi abolished regionalism for federalism
Oga we all know Reno is always on point as regards history, dispute anything in that response
At least I have bursted like 3 lies in op write up
U Igbos can't change history, it's too late
Who is "you people"?? You don't know me from Adam. But in your small parochial mind everybody must be packaged into your little tribal groups.
WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT IRONSI DID?? He was in power for only SIX MONTHS! Is there any law that says it can't be undone - which was exactly what Aburi did! Instead of focusing on who insisted on perpetuating unitary rule, you'd be focusing on a short-lived condition put in place due to extraordinary circumstances! That is what is called DISHONESTY!
Who is "you people"?? You don't know me from Adam. But in your small parochial mind everybody must be packaged into your little tribal groups.
WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT IRONSI DID?? He was in power for only SIX MONTHS! Is there any law that says it can't be undone - which was exactly what Aburi did! Instead of focusing on who insisted on perpetuating unitary rule, you'd be focusing on a short-lived condition put in place due to extraordinary circumstances! That is what is called DISHONESTY!
I am trying to set d record straight
The op lied Gowon did it n I made it clear aguiyi ironsi did it
U want me to focus on who insisted but u don't want me to talk about who introduced it
The op lied Gowon did it n I made it clear aguiyi ironsi did it
U want me to focus on who insisted but u don't want me to talk about who introduced it
U dey kerase
How can you compare someone who introduced something under coup conditions to someone who insisted on perpetuating it. Besides, if there was indeed unitary govt, power would have been concentrated in the center and Ojukwu wouldn't have had the wherewithal to challenge the FG.
Gowon was the person who EFFECTIVELY introduced unitary govt by breaking up the regions to weaken them and introducing the current structure of armed forces and police
1. Gowon changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria by abolishing the Region's, and creating states
2. Gowon introduced unitary rule by abolishing resource control
3. Gowon caused the civil war by breaking the Aburi agreement
4. Gowons 9 years in power marked the period Nigeria earned the most from oil, yet had nothing to show for it
The long version:
Gowon came to power in early early August 1966 when Northern elements of the Nigerian Army staged a military coup that claimed over 300 lives. However, the Eastern Region's Military Governor,
Lt Colonel Ojukwu, refused to recognise him as head of state, stating that the most senior officer of the time and chief of general staff , Brigadier Ogundipe, should take over.
Because the 4 Regions of the time controlled their resources, and were financially independent of the federal government, Gowon was forced to meet Ojukwu in a neutral territory outside Nigeria. They met in Aburi, Ghana, where Ojukwu pledged keep the unity of Nigeria and recognise Gowon as head of State, as long as certain conditions were met.
One of the 12 conditions Gowon agreed and signed to(that would be later known as the Aburi agreement or accord), was that during the period of Military rule, Gowon would not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. This ensured that the 4 Region's maintained their financial independence of the Federal government Without fear that any Region would dominate the other through the centre
However, within weeks of returning to Nigeria, Gowon broke the agreement he signed by enacting Decree 14, which abolished the 4 Region's, and replaced them with 12 brand new states, half of which went to the North. Gowon followed this up with Decree 15 that abolished resource control,and made the newly created states financially dependent on the federal government. Subsequent military dictators would continue this trend until Nigeria had 36 states
With the Aburi accord broken, Ojukwu had no other choice but to declare the Eastern Region The Republic of Biafra, and war followed.
After the war, Gowons government saw the largest oil boom era in the history of Nigeria. However, Gowons istration was riddled with massive corruption, financial recklessness, cronyism and poor judgment which led to future economic disaster
Gowon did not fight to keep Nigeria one, he fought to make the North masters of Nigeria. Had Gowon wanted to keep Nigeria one, he would have kept to the agreement he signed in Ghana. But he could not keep to the agreement because it prevented him and his fellow Northerners from taking control of Nigeria
There is nothing to celebrate about Gowon, he was just a military dictator, war monger and a terrible .
This Gidgiddy/OP is a purveyor of half truths and propaganda. A shameless liar who has been exposed on this platform severally but is obstinate and stubbornly persists in revising history of the civil war in order to mislead young Ibos and attract them to his doomed IPOB/Biafra agenda.
General Yakubu Gowon was a great leader,who should be celebrated as one of the founders of this nation Nigeria. He was a sophisticated, urban and humane military leader who took over the reigns of power at a difficult period. The only error I see in Gowon was his "NO VICTOR, NO VANQUISHED" policy at the conclusion of the war. It was his policy of giving a defeated,crushed and conquered people a leeway to just come back into a Nigeria that they had waged treason against with no conditionalities that has given impetus to scallywags like Nnamdi Kanu and his acolyte Simon Ekpa to plan and start a fresh insurrection against the Federation.
It is this laissez-faire that has given misguided young men like this OP the guts to continually wail and lament everyday about Biafra while consistently breaking the forum rules that are clearly against secession and rebellion.
The simple truth is that an Ibo man named Nnamdi Azikiwe opposed Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he demanded that a secession clause be inserted in the new constitution in 1958.
The simple truth is that it was an Ibo man Aguiyi Ironsi that abolished the regional system of government through Decree 34 of 1966. This Decree took all power from the regions and concentrated it in the centre in a unitary system of government. In fact it was while Ironsi was going round the country in July 1966 trying to explain the rationality behind this policy that he met his Waterloo at Ibadan.
The simple truth is Gowon never renaged on any Aburi agreement, rather it Odumegwu Ojukwu who kept on shifting the goal posts on every agreement reached. He kept on making unreasonable demands because he thought Gowon was a weakling who was afraid to go to war.
Happy 90th birthday to General Gowon, the conqueror of the Illegal rebel state of Biafra and the father of modern Nigeria who prosecuted a 30 month civil war and never borrowed a dime from the world powers.
Yakubu Gowon,you are a great man.
How can you compare someone who introduced something under coup conditions to someone who insisted on perpetuating it. Besides, if there was indeed unitary govt, power would have been concentrated in the center and Ojukwu wouldn't have had the wherewithal to challenge the FG. Gowon was the person who EFFECTIVELY introduced unitary govt by breaking up the regions to weaken them and introducing the current structure of armed forces and police
Per the bolded, in whose government was the decree for "unitarism" enacted? Why are YOU PEOPLE so full of lies and deceit and averse to the truth?
The OP wrongly blamed Gowon for introducing something and you are hear mumbling about "coup conditions" and "effectively" in their defence.
Per the bolded, in whose government was the decree for "unitarism" enacted? Why are YOU PEOPLE so full of lies and deceit and averse to the truth?
The OP wrongly blamed Gordon for introducing something and you are hear mumbling about "coup conditions" and "effectively" in their defence.
What "YOU PEOPLE" is telling you is that there was NO EFFECT whatsoever of a unitary govt until Gowon cane along. He was the one who took actions to EFFECT it, expand it, and consolidate it. He even reneged on an agreement to jettison it. Hence the father of unitary government as we have it today in Nigeria is Gowon NOT Ironsi!
Google Gowons Decree 14 where he abolished the 4 Region's Nigeria had, and created 12 new states to replace them
Then Google Gowons Decree 15 where he abolished resource control
Not only that, but most importantly, an Aburi accord was painstakingly crafted abolishing it, and Gowon SIGNED it, effectively ending Ironsi's yet-to- be-implemented unitary govt.
The unitary govt we have today in Nigeria was started by Gowon when he reneged on Aburi, created states, etc.
What "YOU PEOPLE" is telling you is that there was NO EFFECT whatsoever of a unitary govt until Gowon cane along. He was the one who took actions to EFFECT it, expand it, and consolidate it. He even reneged on an agreement to jettison it. Hence the father of unitary government as we have it today in Nigeria is Gowon NOT Ironsi!
Not only that, but most importantly, an Aburi accord was painstakingly crafted abolishing it, and Gowon SIGNED it, effectively ending Ironsi's yet-to- be-implemented unitary govt.
The unitary govt we have today in Nigeria was started by Gowon when he reneged on Aburi, created states, etc.
Conflating, muddying waters and twisting words won't cut it.
Forget Aburi, it was Aguyi Ironsì that introduced unitary government by decree. The Politics text books can't be wrong.
I am not blaming him so stop being defensive. Whatever Gowon did or the other stuff you are throwing in for distraction purposes is neither here nor there, Okay!
1. Gowon changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria by abolishing the Region's, and creating states
2. Gowon introduced unitary rule by abolishing resource control
3. Gowon caused the civil war by breaking the Aburi agreement
4. Gowons 9 years in power marked the period Nigeria earned the most from oil, yet had nothing to show for it
The long version:
Gowon came to power in early early August 1966 when Northern elements of the Nigerian Army staged a military coup that claimed over 300 lives. However, the Eastern Region's Military Governor,
Lt Colonel Ojukwu, refused to recognise him as head of state, stating that the most senior officer of the time and chief of general staff , Brigadier Ogundipe, should take over.
Because the 4 Regions of the time controlled their resources, and were financially independent of the federal government, Gowon was forced to meet Ojukwu in a neutral territory outside Nigeria. They met in Aburi, Ghana, where Ojukwu pledged keep the unity of Nigeria and recognise Gowon as head of State, as long as certain conditions were met.
One of the 12 conditions Gowon agreed and signed to(that would be later known as the Aburi agreement or accord), was that during the period of Military rule, Gowon would not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. This ensured that the 4 Region's maintained their financial independence of the Federal government Without fear that any Region would dominate the other through the centre
However, within weeks of returning to Nigeria, Gowon broke the agreement he signed by enacting Decree 14, which abolished the 4 Region's, and replaced them with 12 brand new states, half of which went to the North. Gowon followed this up with Decree 15 that abolished resource control,and made the newly created states financially dependent on the federal government. Subsequent military dictators would continue this trend until Nigeria had 36 states
With the Aburi accord broken, Ojukwu had no other choice but to declare the Eastern Region The Republic of Biafra, and war followed.
After the war, Gowons government saw the largest oil boom era in the history of Nigeria. However, Gowons istration was riddled with massive corruption, financial recklessness, cronyism and poor judgment which led to future economic disaster
Gowon did not fight to keep Nigeria one, he fought to make the North masters of Nigeria. Had Gowon wanted to keep Nigeria one, he would have kept to the agreement he signed in Ghana. But he could not keep to the agreement because it prevented him and his fellow Northerners from taking control of Nigeria
There is nothing to celebrate about Gowon, he was just a military dictator, war monger and a terrible .
What makes you think ikwerres are benin. The word itself means what? Lol. That the new lie. So they left all their benin lineage names, deities, cuture and langusge and picked up an igboid dialect lol. Where are you from curiously? You should have no dog in this fight.
Conflating, muddying waters and twisting words won't cut it.
Forget Aburi, it was Aguyi Ironsì that introduced unitary government by decree. The Politics text books can't be wrong.
I am not blaming him so stop being defensive. Whatever Gowon did or the other stuff you are throwing in for distraction purposes is neither here nor there, Okay!
OK, let's put it to you another way. What were the EFFECTS of Ironsi's unitary govt before Gowon came along? List them
1. Gowon changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria by abolishing the Region's, and creating states
2. Gowon introduced unitary rule by abolishing resource control
3. Gowon caused the civil war by breaking the Aburi agreement
4. Gowons 9 years in power marked the period Nigeria earned the most from oil, yet had nothing to show for it
The long version:
Gowon came to power in early early August 1966 when Northern elements of the Nigerian Army staged a military coup that claimed over 300 lives. However, the Eastern Region's Military Governor,
Lt Colonel Ojukwu, refused to recognise him as head of state, stating that the most senior officer of the time and chief of general staff , Brigadier Ogundipe, should take over.
Because the 4 Regions of the time controlled their resources, and were financially independent of the federal government, Gowon was forced to meet Ojukwu in a neutral territory outside Nigeria. They met in Aburi, Ghana, where Ojukwu pledged keep the unity of Nigeria and recognise Gowon as head of State, as long as certain conditions were met.
One of the 12 conditions Gowon agreed and signed to(that would be later known as the Aburi agreement or accord), was that during the period of Military rule, Gowon would not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. This ensured that the 4 Region's maintained their financial independence of the Federal government Without fear that any Region would dominate the other through the centre
However, within weeks of returning to Nigeria, Gowon broke the agreement he signed by enacting Decree 14, which abolished the 4 Region's, and replaced them with 12 brand new states, half of which went to the North. Gowon followed this up with Decree 15 that abolished resource control,and made the newly created states financially dependent on the federal government. Subsequent military dictators would continue this trend until Nigeria had 36 states
With the Aburi accord broken, Ojukwu had no other choice but to declare the Eastern Region The Republic of Biafra, and war followed.
After the war, Gowons government saw the largest oil boom era in the history of Nigeria. However, Gowons istration was riddled with massive corruption, financial recklessness, cronyism and poor judgment which led to future economic disaster
Gowon did not fight to keep Nigeria one, he fought to make the North masters of Nigeria. Had Gowon wanted to keep Nigeria one, he would have kept to the agreement he signed in Ghana. But he could not keep to the agreement because it prevented him and his fellow Northerners from taking control of Nigeria
There is nothing to celebrate about Gowon, he was just a military dictator, war monger and a terrible .
Rubbish.
Nigeria's problems are you Ibos and nothing else.
Your write up is filled with your usual lame lies.
I have said my own and that is that you Ibos are the architects of Nigeria's failure brought about by your greed.
And don't tell me to do advocacy for your useless Biafra . You of all people know I will not hesitate to drive you all out if it was down to me. Go and arrange yourselves in your yeast and come and tell Nigerians with one voice and action that you want out and see if anyone will stop you.
What makes you think ikwerres are benin. The word itself means what? Lol. That the new lie. So they left all their benin lineage names, deities, cuture and langusge and picked up an igboid dialect lol. Where are you from curiously? You should have no dog in this fight.
TBH their names and customs and even appearance seem suspiciously Igbo to me as an outsider. But if they themselves say they are from Benin... why would they say that? My question is WHY.
This Gidgiddy/OP is a purveyor of half truths and propaganda. A shameless liar who has been exposed on this platform severally but is obstinate and stubbornly persists in revising history of the civil war in order to mislead young Ibos and attract them to his doomed IPOB/Biafra agenda.
General Yakubu Gowon was a great leader,who should be celebrated as one of the founders of this nation Nigeria. He was a sophisticated, urban and humane military leader who took over the reigns of power at a difficult period. The only error I see in Gowon was his "NO VICTOR, NO VANQUISHED" policy at the conclusion of the war. It was his policy of giving a defeated,crushed and conquered people a leeway to just come back into a Nigeria that they had waged treason against with no conditionalities that has given impetus to scallywags like Nnamdi Kanu and his acolyte Simon Ekpa to plan and start a fresh insurrection against the Federation.
It is this laissez-faire that has given misguided young men like this OP the guts to continually wail and lament everyday about Biafra while consistently breaking the forum rules that are clearly against secession and rebellion.
The simple truth is that an Ibo man named Nnamdi Azikiwe opposed Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he demanded that a secession clause be inserted in the new constitution in 1958.
The simple truth is that it was an Ibo man Aguiyi Ironsi that abolished the regional system of government through Decree 34 of 1966. This Decree took all power from the regions and concentrated it in the centre in a unitary system of government. In fact it was while Ironsi was going round the country in July 1966 trying to explain the rationality behind this policy that he met his Waterloo at Ibadan.
The simple truth is Gowon never renaged on any Aburi agreement, rather it Odumegwu Ojukwu who kept on shifting the goal posts on every agreement reached. He kept on making unreasonable demands because he thought Gowon was a weakling who was afraid to go to war.
Happy 90th birthday to General Gowon, the conqueror of the Illegal rebel state of Biafra and the father of modern Nigeria who prosecuted a 30 month civil war and never borrowed a dime from the world powers.
Yakubu Gowon,you are a great man.
