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"But if we really want to be the nation that leads the world in 21st century technologies, then we need a chairman — whoever that may be — who is willing to tackle the hardest of challenges and understands how to harness the power of competition, innovation, and investment to break through today’s bottlenecks."

"" I’m committed to good governance and democracy. My strong conviction is that good governance is only possible with the support of the people. After all, democracy is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. So our policies are centered on the people. Everything we have been doing is for the citizenry. Free Education Policy for instance is to open up the space so that every child can access qualitative education that will release their potential. We are building people and re-energizing the state. Every policy comes with its own challenge but we keep improving on it with good leadership and technology. Free Education at the lower levels is complemented by slashed tuition fees at the tertiary level. This has greatly cushioned the effect of the current economic downturn as wards and parents are really grateful. Leadership exists for this kind of thing: improving the lives of people.."

"There’s a small bunch of us that are my sort of age, who’ve held senior jobs in the City and we’ve all headed to a change of job or retirement and experienced a sudden feeling of ‘gosh, life went really quickly, what do I do next and how do I do it?"

"In today’s interconnected world, no country can succeed in isolation without collaboration and partnership between nations. This conference (Munich Security Conference) provides a platform to strengthen those bonds and explore new opportunities for mutual growth. Nigeria, as one of Africa’s largest economies, is rich with potential, and the government is actively implementing policies designed to attract foreign investment. By deepening our understanding of global economic trends and fostering stronger international cooperation, we can craft policies that not only align with global standards but also drive sustainable economic growth for all involved."

"Rape is an act that is worthy of condemnation in our society. The girl child deserves our protection from this form of absurdity. As a government, we will do everything within our reach to guide against Sexual and Gender-Based Voilence in its entirety."

"My position on governance is that the people's common interest must be the priority, and government therefore is a continuum."

"Ogun state’s proximity to Lagos is not just a geographical coincidence. It is a strategic asset that we have deliberately leveraged. Being the immediate neighbour to Lagos places us in a unique position to benefit from spillover economic activities, urban migration, and industrial expansion."

"From the moment we assumed office on May 28, 2019, our approach has been proactive and structured. We developed and began implementing our administration’s ISEYA development agenda—Infrastructure, Social Welfare, Education, Youth Empowerment, and Agriculture. Recognizing that our location is a prime economic magnet, we prioritized infrastructure to connect Ogun’s towns and cities to Lagos and neighboring states. We improved major arterial roads, rehabilitated rural roads to ease access to farmlands, and initiated urban renewal projects. Moreover, we created an environment conducive for investors—reducing bureaucratic bottlenecks, facilitating land acquisition, and ensuring security. As a result, Ogun now hosts some of Nigeria’s largest industrial estates and continues to attract multinational corporations, logistics operators, and real estate developers."

"During that early period, when suffragette tactics consisted of trying to reach the House of Commons, and in the first arrests when speaking in the lobby, my sister Anne was the first Scotswoman arrested. She had gone to London a day or two before. Called by my father to come downstairs, I found him with the Glasgow Herald open before him with a banner headline in the centre page: “Glasgow Councillor’s daughter arrested”. He said, “did you know about this.” I replied, “I knew she was going to a meeting but I did not know anything else. He looked at me under his brows in the way we regarded as serious and I oozed out of the room. He came home in the evening quite reconciled to it, and when Anne came home after fourteen cold days in Holloway Prison he took her to a municipal reception saying to her, “Put on your prettiest dress and come with me.” She looked charming and he introduced her all round as “My prisoner daughter”."

"I had a lovely time in Wales speaking and building up their branches."

"They chose me to go to Wales because Wales had been difficult when they had tried other people."

"I got to know all the headmistresses you see and nearly all of them suffragists."

"They were swooped into the movement so that Wales had a very representative group of women."

"The most intelligent women, it got the women that were leaders."

"I’m very interested in getting the average person in the state to acquire skills that can make them to become useful to themselves and be self-reliant. Everything that we do in Nasarawa State comes from our vision for the state"

"We are going to continue to do a lot to enhance women and youth empowerment in the state."

"People have certainly joked that I have a way with bearded billionaires"

"But I think Branson and Benioff have a lot in common: neither take no for an answer, both are clear on their vision, and both are extremely passionate about creating business with purpose. That’s something that really resonates with me"

"I always thought I’d much rather run a business than criticise one"

"I honestly didn’t know that much about Salesforce. I hadn’t actively applied for the job and I wouldn’t have taken it had I not felt fully aligned with Marc’s vision and values"

"My 17-year-old daughter would tell you that I can’t even sort out my social media accounts and here I am trying to run a tech company,"

"I found it very difficult actually"

"Virgin Money was my baby. I devoted 25 years of my life to it. I’d set it up from scratch, stayed with it and made lots of personal sacrifices. When it came time to sell the business, that was definitely the right thing to do."

"But as the CEO, you are right in the thick of getting the deal closed to the very, very end. Then you sort of fall out of the business and think gosh, now I need to think about myself."

"There’s an awful lot of headhunters that give people career advice as they move into professional life. There’s not very many that give people advice on the way out."

"The regrets might be there, but I don’t consider them regrets; I see them as challenges."

"It’s been said that ninety nine percent of the people in the world do not think , the remaining one percent, four over five of that one percent think they think, while one percent of it does the thinking for the whole of the world and I think that is where I stand."

"Our government shall hit the ground running with people-oriented projects that will focus on the wellbeing of our people"

"Their blood will not be shed in vain. We will not rest until those behind this heinous crime are tracked down, apprehended, and brought to justice."

""Our target is to eliminate all the threats of Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, and the scourge of all forms of violent extremism."

""Within one year, our government has eliminated Boko Haram and bandit commanders faster than ever."

"“The respect that Nigeria used to have is now gradually returning. Investors have more confidence in our country.”"

"“If Africa is to realize its potential fully, we must recognize that development is not just a matter of national policy; it is also a function of sub-national action."

"“Sub-national Governments are the places where farmers cultivate the crops that feed nations, where mining operations either succeed or fail, where young people seek opportunities, and where investors look for clarity, stability, and fair return. This is why my presence here as Governor of Zamfara is not incidental, but deliberate. It underscores the fact that Africa’s renaissance will be driven as much by its States and provinces as by its capitals.”on African-Canada trade"

"I also prayed specially that after our tenure , when we bow out, a man after the heart of God will take over in the state, a man that will have the heart for the people, because if you are brilliant and you don’t have the heart for the people you cannot succeed"

"It’s just amazing, when you look back seven years up, we’ve reduced maternal death more than 70 percent, this is a verifiable data."

"We are always overcoming all our challenges . God has turned our reproach to blessing most especially on this event centre. The opposition thought that this will be abandoned project"

"Through the instrumentality of our intervention in infrastructure i.e mega schools, the mainstreaming of the inspectorate institution in our secondary schools, to unprecedented intervention in our tertiary educational institutions, we have brought meaning back into education"

"It is a good return, but it also gives us a constituency, which means we're not dependent on government funding or grant."

"Water and sanitation might not be a priority for grant makers in a particular year."

"We want to keep that unrestricted percentage at about 65 per cent because it gives us a huge amount of strategic flexibility and a greater degree of certainty."

"We have a very diverse portfolio of income."

"We work a lot with communities, we do a huge amount of advertising to get public support and our database of supporters has increased to about 375,000 people who bring in not only financial support but also wider support."

"We looked at them for compliance, attitude, how they kept abreast of what was going on in the market."

"They responded to the criticism and whether we felt they would deal with out supporters in the same way as we would directly."

"We think opt-in should be regular and unambiguous."

"All the words that are in the European legislation, but we don't want to annoy our supporters by asking them to opt in when they have been supporting us for years and it would seem peculiar."

"I assumed they wanted another engineer in the post."

"I was told that wasn’t the case, they wanted someone to lead on women’s issues, girls’ empowerment, people’s rights and community mobilisation."

"On that basis I was very interested but I knew I was coming down with a terrible case of malaria and had to get my application in within a couple of days while I could still function."