Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country. |
North and south must also adopt measures to arrest the growing phenomenon of illegal capital flight and the repatriation of illicit wealth siphoned abroad by corrupt political leaders and their collaborators back to their countries of origin, |
Nothing should be done to erode the credibility of Nigeria, ... nobody will respect us. |
People were expecting us to run before we walk, ... People should be patient with us, bearing in mind that even the (Western) countries that are shouting at the top today about being democracies, it took them time to get there. |
Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. |
President Clinton and myself share a common view that is based on human welfare, human development and human well-being in both our countries, our continents and throughout the world, ... very friendly and fruitful. |
put his house in order. |
Religion mixed with politics in a multi-faith country like ours portends destruction and devastation. |
strive at this meeting to come out with solutions. |
That is a sign that peace is returning. |
The best thing that I will want to have is not to have debt at all, ... So when you talk of rescheduling, I'm apprehensive. When you talk of remission, even staying of interest for some time, will be one way. But we cannot, we cannot, talk of being able to do what we need to do ... bearing the burden of debt that is hanging over us at this time. |
The developments on the Chad-Sudan border are not very encouraging. The accusations and counter accusations of both Sudan and Chad of aggression in each other's territory and support for rebels in each other's territory are cause for serious concern and should be handled with the frankness it deserves in finding out the real aggressor. |
The tension all over the country went down, and people, no matter where they live and how they live, no matter their religious affiliation or their ethnic background, now feel a sense of relief, ... They feel that they have hope, they feel that, 'Oh yes, this is the best thing.' |
This government was highly touched by this unfortunate incident, which claimed such a number of lives. The nation is in a state of grief and a state of mourning. |
This meeting attests to full acceptance of our country back into the Commonwealth and also signifies the endorsement by the association of our progress in democratic governance. |