Curated Quotations

Ibrahim Babangida

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  • “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

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  • “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

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  • “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

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  • “Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.” -Ibrahim Babangida

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  • “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 stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.” -Ibrahim Babangida

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  • “Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.” -Ibrahim Babangida

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  • “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 collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.” -Ibrahim Babangida

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  • “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 environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.” -Ibrahim Babangida

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  • 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

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