Debate And Divergence Of Views

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.

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.

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.

But No Nation Can Base Its Survival And Development On Luck And Prayers Alone While Its Leadership Fritters Away Every Available Opportunity For Success And Concrete Achievement.

Democracy Opens New Vistas And Opportunities. We Should Use The Opportunities It Offers To Correct Past Mistakes Not To Blunder Anew.