Tsohon Shugaban Nijeriya, Janar Yakubu Gowon, ya kira masu shugabanci a yankin Arewa da su janye manufar Nijeriya a maimakon manufar yankin. Gowon ya bayyana haka ne a wajen taron da League of Northern Democrats (LND) ta shirya, inda ya ce anfiya ta Nijeriya ita samu ne ta hanyar hadin kan mutane daga yankuna daban-daban na kasar.
Gowon ya nuna cewa Nijeriya ta samu karfi ta hanyar tanadin ta, kuma ya kira kananan ya yi aiki don kare hadin kan kasar. Ya kuma ambaci yadda ya samu karfi ta hanyar kirkirar jiha, domin rage manufar yankin Arewa da kuma rage tsoron mulkin Arewa.
Ya kuma yabawa LND saboda himma da suke nuna wajen kare manufar Nijeriya, inda ya ce himmar su ta zama ci gaba da gudummawar shugabannin da suka gabata kamar Sir Tafawa Balewa.