A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

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• Ibrahim Babangida:

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• Ibrahim Babangida:

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

• Ibrahim Babangida:

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

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visio

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The op

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sou

• Ibrahim Babangida:

  Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting dem