{"id":261137,"date":"2023-04-08T12:07:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T11:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=261137"},"modified":"2023-04-08T19:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:45:01","slug":"im-no-longer-certain-i-believe-in-nigeria-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/08\/im-no-longer-certain-i-believe-in-nigeria-soyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m no longer certain I believe in Nigeria &#8211; Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said he is no longer certain if he still believes in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka said ridding the country of time servers who had taken up leadership positions in the country would be an effort in getting on the right track.<\/p>\n<p>He made these known in a statement on Friday while reacting to the controversy that followed the presidential election results.<\/p>\n<p>He said democracy in Nigeria had fallen apart, adding that violence, tyranny, and misinformation had become the order of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe instigating contest \u2013 Nigerian Democracy 2023 \u2013 has witnessed much that is innovative \u2013 largely in the retrogressive vein,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/05\/tinubu-soyinka-slams-lps-datti-ahmed-over-interpretation-of-nigerias-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soyinka<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence and ethnic profiling. \u2018Spiritual\u2019 warfare in the shape of sacrificial rams to keep \u2018disloyal\u2019 communities under restraint \u2013 in short, intimidation yet again! Easily overlooked however are those missives of violence directed against dissenting voices, real or suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the professor, protecting structures from partisan stances and material inducements would set the pace for a revolution in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProject NIGERIA, I must confess, has become near terminally soul-searing. Do I still believe in it? I am no longer certain but \u2013 first, we must rid ourselves of the tyranny of the ignorant and the opportunism of time servers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any case, there is not much else to engage one on a foundation of ownership stakes. There is of course, always the possibility of a Revolution, with a clarity of purpose and acceptance of all attendant risks, including costly errors. Revolutions are not however based on the impetus of speculative power entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter, until that moment, the structures that ensure just and equitable cohabitation must be protected from partisan appropriation \u2013 be it from material inducement, fake news, or verbal terrorism \u2013 the last being the contribution of one who is positioned to assume co-leadership of the nation, no less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevolution is not about lining up behind the nearest available symbol. When a symbol does emerge, however, we are still obliged to examine every aspect of what is fortuitously on offer, and continue to guard our freedoms every inch of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said he is no longer certain if he still believes in Nigeria. Soyinka said ridding the country of time servers who had taken up leadership positions in the country would be an effort in getting on the right track. 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