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" Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits. "

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" Nigeria's unity is one for which enough blood has been spilled and many hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost. Many have paid for the unity of this country with their lives, and it will be wrong of us, as men and women of goodwill in this generation, to toy with those sacrifices that have been made. "

" It doesn't matter where one starts from; it doesn't matter at all where you start from. It is how committed you are, how determined you are, and how hardworking you are that will ultimately make the difference. "

" It is the resolve of the government that none will be allowed to get away with making speeches that can cause sedition or that can cause violence, especially because when we make these kinds of pronouncement and do things that can cause violence or destruction of lives and property, we are no longer in control. "

" We in Nigeria have seen just how difficult it is to get back stolen assets from the international financial system, such as banks that ought not have received those funds in the first place if even the most routine questions were asked. "

" As you fight corruption, it fights back. "

" The reason we have Christian president and Muslim vice president or Muslim president and Christian vice president is to have balance. "

" You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity. "

" An active and vibrant railway system confers many benefits on the society. "

" Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail. "

" We don't have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so. "

" If the church says you are not allowed to steal, and we will ostracize you in our midst if you did, if what a man has does not measure up to what he has, if we found that a man has more money than he should have, if a man is earning a salary of a civil servant or a public servant and he has houses everywhere, we have to hold him to account. "

" Hate speech is a specie of terrorism. "

" With 10 per cent of Nigeria's total land mass, 80 per cent of which is arable, Niger state symbolises the hope and greatness of Nigeria and has potential to feed the continent. "

" We are committed to a continuous engagement with our people to explain government policies, receive advice and criticism. "

" If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one naira, it is President Buhari. "

" If this government is doing the right thing by fighting corruption, the Church should support it. "

" The most important thing for Africa is that whoever wants to invest in our countries should start in manufacturing. "

" There is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and wisdom of God that can. "

" Railway network will support efforts to diversify the economy and enhance our export potentials. "

" The most important thing is that we are on the right path, and we will not deviate from it, even in the face of strong temptation to choose temporary gains over long-term benefits. "

" Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that have tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely as a result of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts. "

" It will be wrong of us to approach our grievances by threatening to disobey the laws or by threatening the integrity of our nation. "

" The truth is that many, if not most, nations of the world are made up of different peoples - and cultures and beliefs and religions - who find themselves thrown together by circumstance. "

" If the church says we will not accept you here or that we will expose you if you are stealing the resources of the country or stealing the resources of a private company or other establishment, where you work, then we would not have the type of problem that we have in this country. If only the church does so - just the church. "

" Tracing, freezing, and return of stolen assets has proved in many cases to be exceptionally difficult for most African countries. "

" As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil. "

" I understand the law of sowing and reaping. It is a spiritual law that has tremendous physical implications. Every time that we delay or frustrate what we can do today, leaving it till tomorrow, we hold back the future. We, too, must reap what we have sown by experiencing delays. "

" No economy can tolerate the level of corruption seen in Nigeria without consequences. "

" Africa Rising is as much about improving standards of governance as it is about an increasingly confident youths and civil society. It is also about businessmen and women who are stepping beyond national borders and going global. "

" Many would say the reason why they steal is because they want to have an arsenal for future political exploits. It is a lie. It is greed. In any case, even if you want to do that, you have no right to do it. "