If you are corrupt and you have extra cash you are able to shut the mouth of your accuser and they will be silenced.

There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.

The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.

We must acknowledge that we made a huge error in satisfying the lowest common denominator of the available human potential in Nigeria and we elevated what I call the reign of mediocrity. Quite frankly, I think it is about repudiating the past, creating space for new thinking for the best of the new generation, creating both political and geographical space and going at it with single mindedness that says, 'enough of buttering, sentiments and massaging the ego of the old brigade'.

Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.