{"id":99552,"date":"2021-10-29T05:59:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T04:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=99552"},"modified":"2021-10-29T05:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T04:59:39","slug":"nigeria-is-disintegrating-before-our-very-eyes-wole-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/29\/nigeria-is-disintegrating-before-our-very-eyes-wole-soyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria is disintegrating before our very eyes &#8211; Wole Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has stated that Nigeria is in a mess and it is disintegrating before our very eyes.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Thursday by Wole Soyinka at a media\u00a0briefing held at the Freedom Park in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka said the present administration doesn\u2019t appear to have a grasp of solutions to the country\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Nigerians need to embrace unity to foster true development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a mess. This country is in a mess. It is disintegrating before our very eyes. The government is floundering. It\u2019s 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/27\/african-union-suspends-sudans-membership-over-coup\/\">Sudan<\/a> right now; it\u2019s in turmoil simply because some people got up one day and decided that an arrangement come into for the governance of that nation be abrogated, because they\u2019re carrying the guns. And of course, the people have responded in a marvellous, united way. Doctors, workers, students, market people and the last time, the oil workers, they\u2019ve all got up and said \u2018no\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart 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 \u2018enough; we\u2019re human beings; we will not be treated like beasts\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike #EndSARS for instance, that\u2019s one such movement. Unfortunately, it ended somewhat tragically. But it doesn\u2019t matter; it was a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say to you is this. If we\u2019re still looking to this government for solution, then I think we really are lost. We\u2019ve 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 \u2014 any productive sector of this nation should be encouraged to come together and really debate the future of this nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While speaking on his latest book, \u2018Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People in the World\u2019, he said people should read and \u201cdecide whether that title is justified or it\u2019s meant to be ironic, and if it\u2019s the latter, what really it is trying to say\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also lamented the \u201cunnecessary\u201d questions Nigerian travellers are expected to answer as part of the COVID protocol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you go through this questionnaire \u2014 the thing you have to fill on your computer \u2014 you just wonder what it\u2019s all about. Is it really about COVID prevention or is it to gather information on Nigerians in a covert way utilising the COVID requirements?\u201d he asked<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unnecessary. I\u2019m not saying an attempt was made to banish me, but I felt like I was serving a decree of banishment, at least for 24 or 48 hours. That\u2019s exactly how I felt. You know, you have to carry your bag as we\u2019re about to enter the plane, then go all the way back, then you go through immigration again, to be let into France.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has stated that Nigeria is in a mess and it is disintegrating before our very eyes. This was stated on Thursday by Wole Soyinka at a media\u00a0briefing held at the Freedom Park in Lagos. Soyinka said the present administration doesn\u2019t appear to have a grasp of solutions to the country\u2019s challenges. 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