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.

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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...

Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global...

Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global...

The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively...

The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively...

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

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

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...

There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is...

There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while...

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while...

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...

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present...

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present...

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...

At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still...

At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still...

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...