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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
