Birth: August 17, 1941
We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulate….
I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed..
I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make t….
It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages..
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….
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..
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….
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….
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….
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for succ….
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares….
Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our n….
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hithert….
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..
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 ….
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….
Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture..
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….