But No Nation Can Base Its Survival

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.

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.

The Return Of Democracy In Our Land Has Indeed Thrown The Problems Of Development Into Bolder Relief.

There Is Also Work To Do In The Evolution Of A Stable Family Life And Values, And In Ensuring That The Nigerian Family Is Built On Core Values That Will Form The Bedrock Of The Future Society. We Must Showcase The Ideals Of Family Life And Be Models Of Family Values.

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.