As General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd). marches into Aso Rock!, i deemed it wise for us to know some of his most powerful quotes, which i compiled from most of his major speech, talks, quotes, other . . . etc . .


1. 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.
Ibrahim Babangida


2. Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
Ibrahim Babangida


3. For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.
Ibrahim Babangida



4. Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
Ibrahim Babangida

5. 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


6. We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
Ibrahim Babangida

7. The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
Ibrahim Babangida

8. 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.
Ibrahim Babangida


9. We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
Ibrahim Babangida

10. 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.
Ibrahim Babangida

And who is he talking to? Is this a soliloquy, an aside, a quote or a verbal ablution?

i deemed it wise for us to know some of his most powerful quotes

So that . . .? Are you pro-IBB?

Slap1 - These quotes are all that you have said plus verbal diarrhea.

Kosovo, take am easy your rabid support for IBB is fast turning you into Nairaland's answer to Prof Omo Omoruyi.

On that list number 6 and 9 are the same.

If you  are really serious about your support for IBB and see this as a way of polishing his image, why did you not state the time and occasion where he said these things? That will make the task of showing the entire globe how hypocritical you and IBB are extremely easy.

I can prove to you that all these glitzy statements where made at a time when the entire nation was suffering unprecedented hardship. Talk is cheap.

You however forgot the most important quote from him when he said he had tried all he knew on the nigerian economy but all to no avail and how surprised he was that the economy had refused to collapse. Abeg add that quote , then we can talk.

how come you forgot when IBB said the nigeria economic problem has defied all economic theories. you rememder the programmes he came up with then?

@Kosovo. I think many people have been banned for advertising products here. And here you are advertising a product, a bad one for that matter - IBB! You lost the moral rights to keep banning people especially my friend Becomricha or what is his new ID now? You will remember T.Danjuma quote "when a crusader is deficient in integrity who will belief his gospel?"

Look else where for advertising IBB an unban those youve banned 'cos you fell victim of same rule.

I don't understand the rationale behind this thread.

Kosovo, are you ok?

Silly, senseless post of a confused, somnolent dreamer.

slap1:

Silly, senseless post of a confused, somnolent dreamer.

That says it all.

Becomricha even suggested that he is young enough to not know y IBB is called Maradona.

'Powerful quotes' by speechwriters, Quotes that were never translated in over 8yrs to match Murtala's 6months.
Good advertisement can only sell a bad product once, after that it will be paid for by stone pelting, those who speak for IBB today are mainly those who are too ignorant or comfortable to no how many lives were lost to his actions & in-actions & wont mind an en-chore. A word is enough for the wise.

okeymadu:

@Kosovo. I think many people have been banned for advertising products here. And here you are advertising a product, a bad one for that matter - IBB! You lost the moral rights to keep banning people especially my friend Becomricha or what is his new ID now? You will remember T.Danjuma quote  "when a crusader is deficient in integrity who will belief his gospel?"

Look else where for advertising IBB an unban those youve banned 'cos you fell victim of same rule.

Noted

slap1:

Silly, senseless post of a confused, somnolent dreamer.

Thanks Big Bro

Kosovo, pls quickly add this last one, did you foprget?

11.I step aside, _{after due consultation, i hereby give up on Nigeria. Shonekan will rule for some few months and then handover to my thieving brother Abacha.}

Kosovo, find work do, abeg. How can you wish this evil on your fellow countrymen? Chei

i have read your comments and they are all laughable . . . you all claim to be preaching change, but your comments have no single element of change in it . . . There is no difference between your comments and the imposition of candidates in Primaries of various political parties . . . No body has the right to impose any candidate on anybody . . . I like IBB and his new policies and that is no one's business, if you do not like him that's your problem, you will have to deal with your self . . Insulting me cos i like IBB is insane, that's why it's called an election, everybody has a reason to vote for someone . . . My reason for going with IBB has been posted here, and it's simple and clear . . .

kosovo:

i have read your comments and they are all laughable . . . you all claim to be preaching change, but your comments have no single element of change in it . . . There is no difference between your comments and the imposition of candidates in Primaries of various political parties . . . No body has the right to impose any candidate on anybody . . . I like IBB and his new policies and that is no one's business, if you do not like him that's your problem, you will have to deal with your self . . Insulting me cos i like IBB is insane, that's why it's called an election, everybody has a reason to vote for someone . . . My reason for going with IBB has been posted here, and it's simple and clear . . .

Those 10 quotes are the reason you've jumped into bed with IBB?

Maradona knows how to dribble. Dont be suckered in by his newfound espousal of progressive policies, especially his plans to instill Federalism in Nigeria. Did all these policies not cross his mind during his 8 years in charge? Whilst the temptation is there to believe that you need a strong man like IBB to change society for the better, we must know that change comes from the citizenry, not from its leaders.

So far, Ill just say IBB is telling you what you want to hear, as has always been the case with IBB.

@poster
I didn't see anything about June 12 in those "quotes".

@kosovo.
thanks for painstakingly 'compiling' these quotes.
but before i address them, can you provide perhaps links (or maybe pointers) to these 'speeches, talks, quotes, others' because we need to know the context in which they were said. thanks.

^^^^
working on that . . . Thx

As General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd). marches into Aso Rock!, i deemed it wise for us to know some of his most powerful quotes, which i compiled from most of his major speech, talks, quotes, other . . . etc . .

kosovo:

^^^^
working on that . . . Thx

Kosovo, i swear you are as clueless as Becomerich. I won't be suprised if you are another variant of him.

Anyway i am eagerly waiting for you to defend these rather
, un intelligent speeches you claim babangida is responisble for

October 19, 1986

DELE GIWA: The silent fact

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.
Ibrahim Babangida

Babangida is seriously not okay?

He wants us to appreciate the past crimes he did uh?

Kosovo : am highly disappointed at you. How much is ibb paying you for this PR.

As General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd). marches into Aso Rock!, i deemed it wise for us to know some of his most powerful quotes, which i compiled from most of his major speech, talks, quotes, other . . . etc . .

you really need to change your weed supplier, he sold you bad weed this time!

Sentiments apart:-

IBB is a DEVIL, those who supports him are DISASTERS!

Another dangerous IBB fad, but this one too will pass by. [size=14pt]IBB is a demon[/size].

What happened to all the support for yar adua? . . . Transparency . . . He left N6BN in Kastina . . . I still remember everything that happened here
during the campaign. . .Everyone has forgotten so soon . . .
I do not base my judgment on crowd . . . I look at policies rather than Promises . . . 7 Point Agenda . . . anyone . . .
IBB will deliver true Democracy and Federalism . . . Thats all we need, and Rapid growth and Development would follow . . . May 29th 2011 can't come soon!

kosovo:

As General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd). marches into Aso Rock!, i deemed it wise for us to know some of his most powerful quotes, which i compiled from most of his major speech, talks, quotes, other . . . etc . .


1. 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.
Ibrahim Babangida


2. Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
Ibrahim Babangida


3. For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.
Ibrahim Babangida



4. Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
Ibrahim Babangida

5. 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


6. We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
Ibrahim Babangida

7. The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
Ibrahim Babangida

8. 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.
Ibrahim Babangida


9. We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
Ibrahim Babangida

10. 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.
Ibrahim Babangida

i cant just understand why kosovo so much like babangida.to me,there is nothing ibb can say that can repair the ills of his administration.
-will his quote provide justice or bring back kudirat abiola who he killed because of her confrontation to ibb for nullifying her husband victory.
-will ibb words bring back hundreds of thousand lives that were lost during his 8 years reign?
-how did ibb impact positively on the economy and family live that he is now canvassing for?
Ibb would have been dead or imprisoned in a normal democracy.nigerians are tired of sugar-coated leaders who only embarrass democratic values when election period approaches.he is not the leader nigeria TRULY deserve and can never be.

@kosovo

After 1993 IBB must have taken high-level courses on economic development and politics from the best schools in the world, because if he could not achieve all of what you are saying in his first eight years(1985-1993) what has changed about him?

abi na home service lecturers come give am for him Minna mansion?

Memo to BigB1: Please come & join Kosovo on IBB's four-poster bed You guys make a hilarious three.some

Another quote from IBB, 1996

' After Gani, it is only (Professor) Awojobi and Bala Yusufu Usman, that I know as genuine activists. They would have done their homeworks well before coming out to challenge you' (not verbatim)

Jarus:

Another quote from IBB, 1996

' After Gani, it is only (Professor) Awojobi and Bala Yusufu Usman, that I know as genuine activists. They would have done their homeworks well before coming out to challenge you' (not verbatim)

you guys are so funny.the same gani he sent to prison several times