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.

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

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

The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one...

The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one...

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new...

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new...

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied...

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied...

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

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

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and...

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and...

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring...

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring...

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct...

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct...

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When...

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When...

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue...

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue...

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or...

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or...

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies...

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies...

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a...

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a...

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of...

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of...

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

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

Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that...

Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that...

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We...

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We...

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot...

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot...

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human...

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human...

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made...

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made...