The Return Of Democracy In Our Land

We Have Established A New Basis In Our Country In Which Economic Liberalization Would Continue To Flourish Alongside Democratic Forces And Deregulated Power Structure.

Each One Of Us, And, Indeed, All Those Who Aspire To National Leadership Must Bring Their Own Visions, Views And Styles To The Business Of Reforming Nigeria, And The Search For Solutions.

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.

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.

The Reason Is That Till Date, In Spite Of Advances In Information Technology And Strategies Of Information, The Written Word In The Form Of Books Still Remains One Of Humanity's Most Enduring Legacies.