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Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR (born 17 August 1941), is a retired Nigerian Army General who was President of Nigeria from 27 August 1985 to 26 August 1993. He previously served as the chief of army staff from January 1984 to August 1985. Babangida was a key player in most of the military coups in Nigeria (July 1966, February 1976, December 1983, August 1985, December 1985 and April 1990).

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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.

Adversity, Appreciate, Correctly, Fast, Past, Present

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.

Opportunity, People, Expectations, Majority, Stand, Committed

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.

Apology, Choice, Chose, Paths, Patriotic, Sacrifice

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

Body, Book, Ideas, National, Present, Step

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

Bed, Complete, Empty, Long, Stomach

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

Blunder, Mistake, Opportunities, Opportunity, Past, Vistas

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

Distance, Historical, Line, Lines, Straight

There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities.

Country, People, Political, Work, Today, Indicates

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.

Order, Challenges, Democracy, Market, Free, Direction

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.

Choices, Reform, Fundamentals, Hitherto, Assumptions, Transcending

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.

Character, Importantly, Liberty, People

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

Culture, Debate, Divergence, History, Views

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

Continue, Country, Democratic, Deregulated, Economic, Structure

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

Democracy, Experience, Foundation, Lasting Love, Nothing, Short

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

Believe, Historical, Events, Witnesses

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.

Reality, People, Community, Same, Majority

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.

Average, Fact, Government, Hands, Nigerian