Most Importantly, Nothing Has Happened

Informed By Our Sad Experience Of History, We Require Nothing Short Of A Foundation For Lasting Democracy.

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.

I Am Not Sure That You, The Younger Generations, Will Like To Go To War That We Went Through. So, We Learn As The Mistakes Are Being Committed.

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.

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.