NOBEL laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said it would take time for President Muhammadu Buhari to clear the rot he inherited from his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration, he believed, left a “heavy baggage” and “burden” that may take a while to tackle.
But, the playwright urged President to sustain efforts at improving the economy. He spoke in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The literary icon was scheduled to speak at a public lecture on the theme: Politics, Culture and the New Africa.
He said: “This (Buhari) administration has inherited a heavy baggage. While I am critical in some aspects of the priority, I think that to clear up the mess left by previous administrations is going to take quite a while, especially in the economy sector. So, I don’t use words like optimism or pessimism; I’m just pragmatic. I look at what is on the ground and, of course, wherever I can intervene, I do both privately and publicly.”
Also speaking, another renowned author, Prof Kole Omotoso, said the Buhari administration had tackled a number of things, but added that the President must intensify his effort to alleviate the suffering of the people.
“We are going in the right direction but in the process, we need to do so many things. We need to look at not just the suffering of the people but the way people seem to indulge in bearing suffering. It is as if even if you try to solve the problem for them they will prefer to be suffering and smiling,” Prof Omotoso said.
Obj said that kongi is better in wine tasting than in political analysis or that he is no better than apako hunter when it comes to issues of politics. Could Baba be right?
ReplyDeleteProf., am sure most of the waillers are aware that the last administration almost sinked this country, they just refused to be reasonable.
ReplyDelete*Sank. No such word as "Sinked."
DeleteYou can't express yourself properly in our lingua franca,yet you want to comment...hope you have taken the correction given to you...please comment in your native language next time,don't worry,we will comprehend...
DeleteWole Soyinka has tasted apc money under Amaechi and since then he has been thirsting for more. His words used to command respect but these days his words are so empty and borne out a crass lust for money and patronage. What a shame that such a one time icon has depreciated to this level of apc town crier.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know you common writer? What of the burden you brother obj handed over to Jonathan? Hypocrite like you.
ReplyDeleteBut the man never mentioned Jonathan so i really don't know why the jonalist captioned it that way because from what i can see (read) he said and i quote "He said: “This (Buhari) administration has inherited a heavy baggage. While I am critical in some aspects of the priority, I think that to clear up the mess left by previous administrations is going to take quite a while, especially in the economy sector". if you ask the proff tomorrow now he will deny ever mentioning anybody's name
ReplyDeleteProf was the power supply poor as this?
ReplyDeleteOne issue with some commentators on this platform is that they fail to read the second time and in-between the lines. The prof did not mention any one and was not very particular on the administration that left these economic debris for the present government. Again, the word administration was pluralized, as such cannot be exactly pointed at just one government. Let us be careful because English Language is not our mother or father tongue.
ReplyDeleteThank u,most of them are blinded with hatred or some are semi literates
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