Nobel Laurette, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year as a result of the vicissitudes of problems.
He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of
the imperial nature of its leadership at the socio-political and religious
levels.
Soyinka, a professor of Literature spoke at the Booksellers,
venue of the presentation of his new book, ‘Chronicles of the happiest people
on earth,’ a book with over 500 pages which took him about 40years to write.
Soyinka said, “With the turbulence that characterises year
2020, and as activities wind down, the mood has been repugnant and very
negative. I don’t want to sound pessimistic but this is one of the most
pessimistic years I have known in this nation and it wasn’t just because of
COVID-19, no. Natural disasters had happened elsewhere but how have you managed
to take such in their strides?
“Was calamity as a result of human negligence or as a result
of malignant activities when people find themselves under the control of other
beings which I am afraid what most Nigerians find themselves in, it is like you
don’t know from where the blow would descend. That is not the way a nation
should be and that is not the way the citizens should exist.
“Situation has reached a point where you are not very sure
of where you are going and where you will end it. As I had said before, you
don’t believe, in many instances, that anybody is in charge. That, really, it
is a parlous condition for any nation. So, I am afraid it has not been a very
good year for me generally.”
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