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Ibrahim Babangida
August 17, 1941 -
Nationality: Nigerian
Category: Statesman

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.

   

The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.

   

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

   

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

   

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.

   

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.

   

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

   

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