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Nigeria disintegrating before our eyes, govt has no grasp of problems– Soyinka
Modupe Shodeinde
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has accused the present administration of lacking the solutions to the challenges confronting Nigeria.
He stated that Nigeria was fast disintegrating because the current government lacked the solution to the challenges facing the country.
Soyinka disclosed this on Thursday at a media briefing held at the Freedom Park in Lagos.
He said, “We’re in a mess. This country is in a mess. It is disintegrating before our very eyes. The government is floundering. It’s not merely that the government is devoid of a holistic solution, the problem really is that this government does not have a holistic grasp of the problems of the nation and the environment in which we live and the time also in which we live in,” he said.
“Part of the problem which we have in this nation, and which has plagued us, except for a few memorable times, is this ability to act in concert. From time to time, we have a section of the nation come together and say ‘enough; we’re human beings; we will not be treated like beasts’.
“Like #EndSARS for instance, that’s one such movement. Unfortunately, it ended somewhat tragically. But it doesn’t matter; it was a step in the right direction.
“What I’m trying to say to you is this. If we’re still looking to this government for a solution, then I think we really are lost. We’ve got to find a way of piling up pressure to enable us to meet as equal beings across the entire nation for a national indaba, involving the various professions, group interests, ethnic groups — any productive sector of this nation should be encouraged to come together and really debate the future of this nation.
“We’re going along piecemeal solutions all the time. One way or the other, one misses that sense of a grasp of the totality and understanding of the connection of one part of governance, one part of civic society to the others.”
