Finally, Wole Soyinka Speaks on 2023 Elections, His Disappointments and Way Forward for Nigeria
- Professor Wole Soyinka has said he is disappointed with the conduct of the just-concluded 2023 general elections
- The renowned writer said this while speaking on a Channels Television programme on Monday, April 3
- According to Soyinka, his trust in Nigeria's electoral system has been broken down completely with the last polls
Nigerian writer and Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has said that he felt disappointed over the conduct of the 2023 general elections across Nigeria.
Channels Television reports that while weighing in on the just-concluded poll, the writer said he was bombarded with the horrible pre and post-activities of the 2023 election.
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Describing the elections as not the most edifying exercise Nigeria has been through, Soyinka said he is not happy with what he read and saw about the elections.
His words:
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“On arriving, I came in for the World Poetry Day, and immediately, I was bombarded by the most horrendous narratives both pre and after the elections.
“Since then, I’ve also read columns; I’ve seen Nigerian papers for the first time in months and I didn’t like what I read at all.
“My trust has broken down completely and even the minimum restraint that we’ve learnt to expect from seasoned politicians has been jettisoned completely.”
Noting that the election should never be a do-or-die affair, Soynika admitted that Nigeria was moving towards a situation which was never planned.
He said:
“And the signs were there that there would be die-hard opposition to the breaking of that mould.
“Elections should be keenly contested. But I still believe very much in what I call the Fashola Dictum.”
Soyinka clarifies comment on Northern domination of Nigeria, reveals true position
Meanwhile, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, reacted to rumours regarding a comment on the northern domination of Nigeria.
In a statement he signed on Monday, January 23, 2023, the literature professor disclosed that he had never made such a comment.
The literary icon noted further that the essay falsely attributed to him was a result of the sharp practices of internet trolls with their negative agenda.
2023: Same faith ticket controversial, ill-timed, says Wole Soyinka
The winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, Prof Wole Soyinka, gave his submission concerning the candidacy of APC’s presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima.
The renowned playwright said he does not care if the president and his vice is of the Muslim fate so long they have the capabilities to unite the country.
He said: “I don’t give a dam* if the president, the vice-president, the speaker, etc all come from the same village, they have the same religion, they belong to the same tribe.”
Source: Legit.ng
