Professor Wole Soyinka has described Nigeria as a sick and empty country, deserving of the term “shithole” as described by United States President, Donald Trump.
Soyinka said this while speaking at the Ripples Nigerian Dialogue titled “Rebuilding trust in a Divided Nigeria,” held at The Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos.
“We have become laughing stocks in the eyes of the public. We have earned the term of a shithole. Nigeria is sick and empty. Some retrogressive forces won’t just stop. Everything Nigeria touches rusts” he said.
He condemned the humiliation of Nigerians by military personnel, stating that the humiliation of Nigerians led him to relocate abroad. “The treatment of Nigerians by the military-led me to relocate to a saner clime. I remember invading Obasanjo’s residence in Lagos and challenging him concerning the way Nigerians were being treated. It is a disgrace to us, as a nation. We have been left behind in nearly every field. There are lessons to be learned from the diaspora. We need to peep across the Atlantic to see how other countries have been faring,” Soyinka said. Drawing illustrations from his lecture titled “From Miyetti to Haiti: Notes from a Solidarity Visit,” Soyinka emphasized the need to end slavery in our society.
Soyinka emphasized the need of looking in the mirror to solve Nigerian problems and encouraged youths to resist the passage of the Hate Speech bill
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