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.

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

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.

I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed.