Stop Taking Us For A Fool – Wole Soyinka

ProfessorWoleSoyinka,aNobellaureate,hasalertedNigerianleaderstothedangersofthenation’sinformalbreakdown. AlltiersofgovernmentwereurgedbySoyinkatostoptreatingpeoplelikeidiots.

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HedeliveredaspeechonThursdayatThePunch’s50thanniversarylecture,“RecoveringtheNarrative.” Oyinkapushedforclosenessbetweenthepeopleandthegovernment.

It’sabouttimeleadersstoppedleadingusastraysothatthegovernmentcouldbecomemoreaccessibletothegeneralpublic,claimsSoyinka.

“Thenationisbreakinginformally;wedon’twantittobreak. Allownationstoperishsothatpeoplecansurvive. Usingtheword“restructuring”bothersme. Whentheyarenotinoffice,politiciansareawareoftheseterms;however,oncetheytakeoffice,theyadoptnewterminology. “Thatis