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Ibrahim Babangida Quotes

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For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 Nigeria, and the search for solutions.  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio - economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 Nigeria, and the search for solutions  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 in a complex society  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 chose were well thought out  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) 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 still remains one of humanity’s most enduring legacies  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes) But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement  (Ibrahim Babangida Quotes)