Ibrahim Babangida, 1985-1992 : Letting a Thousand Flowers Bloom is a book deliberately designed to ensure that despite the poor reading culture in Nigeria today, some of our history is not silent; to preserve for posterity a record of monumental events which occurred from 27 August, 1985 to December 1992 and which continue to shape our lives today. Some of the landmark achievements will last forever, as long as there is a country called Nigeria, because they are now almost irreversible. This book is a dispassionate and historical chronicle of the IBB Years, 1985-1992.