I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is an important statement; it's not a novel.

A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.

I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that's where the majority of the citizens are and that's where the engine of of development has to be found.

I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is an important statement; it's not a novel.

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Africa is people" may seem too simple and too obvious to some of us. But I have found in the course of my travels through the world that the most simple things can still givwe us a lot of trouble, even the brightest among us: this is particularly so in matters concerning Africa.

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.