{"id":312452,"date":"2024-03-01T09:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=312452"},"modified":"2024-03-01T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:59:19","slug":"nigeria-should-break-up-if-it-will-solve-our-challenges-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/01\/nigeria-should-break-up-if-it-will-solve-our-challenges-soyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Should Break Up If It Will Solve Our Challenges \u2013 Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Prof. Wole Soyinka asserts Nigeria should consider dissolution if it resolves the nation&#8217;s numerous challenges<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Speaking at PUNCH Newspapers\u2019 50th-anniversary lecture, Soyinka advocates for Nigeria&#8217;s decentralization to enhance citizen well-being<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Prof Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, said on Thursday that Nigeria should break up if it is to solve its problems.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka spoke at the 50th anniversary lecture of PUNCH Newspapers in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka stated in his lecture titled &#8216;Recovering the Narrative&#8217; that Nigeria should be decentralised so that Nigerians can enjoy their country more.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/25\/nigeria-is-at-war-says-soyinka\/\">Nobel laureate<\/a> delivered the lecture as part of a weeklong celebration of PUNCH&#8217;s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The elder statesman stated that decentralisation would bring governance closer to the people, and that leaders should stop taking Nigerians for a ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the fear. The fear is collapse, break up. That\u2019s been the excuse given by several regimes. But suppose the nation is breaking up informally, in other words as a fact rather than as a theory. Then, and you better address this. Come straight on and see exactly what happened. What is wrong with general representatives seeing them and saying this is the protocol of our association, Anything outside of it? Anyone who does not want to accept these protocols, abide by these protocols and manifest these protocols in the act should take a walk. I have no problem at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in what is known as the nation, beginning as a vast football field and ending up as a ping pong table. If that is going to restore dignity to citizens. If that is going to guarantee three square meals a day then so be it. One of my favourite expressions with people is \u201cLet nations die, that humanity may live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that while Nigerian politicians know the importance of restructuring, they change their tune when they get to power.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWhat do you mean by restructuring? Well, I don\u2019t even like the word restructuring. I use, I prefer expressions like reconfiguration and decentralisation. Everybody can grasp that, decentralisation. And those who lead, recognise the necessity of it. They recognise the importance, almost the inevitability of it until they get into power, yes, that\u2019s the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about time, I think leaders stopped taking this nation for a ride, you know, we must decentralise. Security, you know, has become a burden to bear. 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