Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. Ibrahim Babangida Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief. Ibrahim Babangida Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria’s economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. Ibrahim Babangida Read Quote
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 Read Quote
