Most Importantly, Nothing Has Happened To Change

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

To Meet The Expectations Of The Majority Of Our People, And To Open Up New Vistas Of Economic Opportunity So That The Aspirations Of Nigerians Can Stand A Fair Chance Of Being Fulfilled In A Lifetime, There Must Be A Truly Committed Leadership In A Democratic Nigeria.

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.

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.

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.