"Now is the time,now is the moment, now is the time for us to lead for the next generation and generations to come, a stronger and more prosperous country, we are not backing down, we not quitting, and we are going to get this done."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

"When you really look deeper at what the AU is doing and what is happening at the regional economic community level, though the progress has not been what we might have expected a number of years ago, it has changed, and it is a work in progress, and next year this time we might be talking about the next summit within a very different context if we are looking at the political leadership of the day,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.02