#nigeria

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. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#challenge #cultivation #decisively #democracy #direction

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young. ↗

— Donal Logue

#i #ireland #me #missionary #mom

TODAY is the PAST of your FUTURE. So, make TODAY count for the sake of your HISTORY. Use your words, time & choices wisely ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#generations #hope #leadership #life-lessons #nigeria

I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#back #country #dreamed #go #going

I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#anywhere #back #belong #country #dreamed

Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy. ↗

— Isaac Yeffet

#body #bomber #build #cannot #guy

To succeed in this day and age, all you need to be ahead of the pack is to be informed, and turn the information into transformation for your betterment and that of others. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#ifeanyi-enoch-onuoha #information #inspiration #leadership-torch #nigeria

Nigerians must have the dream, believe the dream, live the dream and work to build the dream ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#nigeria #dreams

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. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#bedrock #built #core #core values #ensuring

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. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#average #collaboration #come #could #essentially