But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for succ….

At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live….

There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political ….

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line..

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in col….

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares….

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that w….

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our n….

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture..

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy..

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming ….

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we….

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books sti….

Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hithert….

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty….

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth….

The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate ….

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can st….

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew..

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief..

The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach..