Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has
expressed his anger over discussions about President Muhammadu Buhari’s
re-election in 2019.
He stated this while speaking
with reporters after a press briefing, to unveil the second batch of students
departing Nigeria for Lebanon on Tuesday to study in Lebanon, a programme by
The Cedars Institute, Lebanon, in collaboration with The Wole Soyinka
Foundation.
Soyinka was reacting to calls
from some Governors and Ministers recently, declaring support for Buhari’s
re-election.
He said the present
administration had barely reached half of its term and people were already
talking about re-election.
“Why are we talking about second
term for heaven’s sake? I don’t understand this. I refuse to be part of that
discussion. I absolutely refuse to be part of the discussion,” Soyinka stated.
On the President’s performance so
far, Soyinka made reference to security and the economy.
He said: “Take simple security
for instance. The average citizen feels less secure now than he did a few years
ago; that is evident. When people talk about state police, there are reasons
for it. When they talk about bringing policing right down to the community
level, they know what they are talking about. This is also part and parcel of
reconstruction or reconfiguration.
“The economy, there is a big
question about it right now. Fortunately, everybody admits that we went through
a very bad patch. Right now, it is a question of have we come out of it or not
or there is no question at all.
“The past few years have been
years of real internal economic disaster for the average citizen.’’
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