{"id":42671,"date":"2021-05-09T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T17:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=42671"},"modified":"2021-05-09T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T16:45:39","slug":"why-buharis-government-cannot-unite-nigeria-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-buharis-government-cannot-unite-nigeria-soyinka","title":{"rendered":"Why Buhari\u2019s government cannot unite Nigeria \u2013 Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s government cannot unite Nigeria due to its systemic failure.<\/p>\n

Soyinka stated this at the book reading and signing of two of his books titled \u2018Trumpism in Academe\u2019 and \u2018Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth\u2019 in Abuja on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He was responding to former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who asked if he could write a story that would inspire unity among the various tribes in the country.<\/p>\n

In response, Soyinka claimed Nigeria had lost a key opportunity to unite.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a critical moment and we lost that moment. The moment when this country could have come together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been more than one moment and we lost the moment. Will another one come? I don\u2019t know. Right now I don\u2019t see it under this government quite frankly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a failure, a systemic failure in present governance and I don\u2019t know who can put it together,\u201d Soyinka added.<\/p>\n

Soyinka however insisted that Nigeria should remain one entity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s government cannot unite Nigeria due to its systemic failure. Soyinka stated this at the book reading and signing of two of his books titled \u2018Trumpism in Academe\u2019 and \u2018Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth\u2019 in Abuja on Saturday. 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