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Soyinka Talks Meeting With Jonathan, Says GEJ Is Wasteful & Insensitive To Needs Of Nigerians

March 30, 2015 – Wole Soyinka Talks Meeting With Jonathan, Says GEJ Is Wasteful, Senseless & Insensitive To Needs Of Nigerians
In a chat with The Guardian UK on Sunday the 29th of March 2015, Nobel Laurate, Professor Wole Soyinka talked about his recent meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan and what they discussed.
See interview excerpts
On the ongoing election:
“We’re talking about a very positive response by the public in terms of determination to register and vote but, you know, this has been one of the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent exercises I have ever witnessed.
“I just hope we won’t go down as being the incorrigible giant of Africa.”
“This one was like a no-holds-barred kind of election, especially, frankly, from the incumbency side. One shouldn’t be too surprised anyway given the kind of people who are manning the barricades for the incumbent candidate.
On the lavish election campaign and Nollywood endorsement, Soyinka said:
“Most expensive, most prodigal, wasteful, senseless, I mean really insensitive in terms of what people live on in this country.
“This was the real naira-dollar extravaganza, spent on just subverting, shall we say, the natural choices of people. Just money instead of argument, instead of position statements.
“And of course the sponsoring of violence in various places, in addition to this festive atmosphere in which every corner, every pillar, every electric pole is adorned with one candidate or the other, many of them in poses which remind one of Nollywood.”
Prof Soyinka told The Guardian UK that GEJ recently invited him to Aso Rock to discuss various issues and life after power.
“It was difficult for me to decide from his side how readily he might accept defeat. He absolutely swore that if he lost he was going back to Otuoke village. If I take him literally, I think he will accept the result, but I’ve learned never to trust any politician from here to there, even if they’re just coming out of communion. So I really don’t know.
“I think Nigerians have had a very rough time over the last few years with Boko Haram and all kinds of insecurity, failure of governance and so on. I think we deserve to have this period as a period of comparative tranquillity and peace of mind to reconstruct and address some really fundamental issues of society. So I really hope the result, however gracelessly or grudgingly, will be accepted by the loser.”
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Yinka Adufe
March 30, 2015 at 2:36 AM
Well said my prof
babe
March 30, 2015 at 5:10 AM
well well said my prof ….the biggest wasteful man i ever know is badluck egbere jonathan
JAMOON DEFINITION(GBS)
March 30, 2015 at 5:22 AM
Let those that claims to be prof respect theirselves .
kk
March 30, 2015 at 5:25 AM
Na another person shit dey smell una own dey scent.yeye people
H . Ks
March 30, 2015 at 8:01 AM
U sabi talk but days are gettin darker and no peace inside.
Igbo
March 30, 2015 at 8:13 AM
Soyinka.wich one you belong.you belong fo Apc or pdp.l dont knew de one you belong. you discussed with Jonathan.did you meet Buhari to discussed.
Igbo
March 30, 2015 at 10:14 AM
Soyinka.wich one you belong.PDP OR APC.you meet Jonathan.did you meet Buhari?
Concern Citizen
March 30, 2015 at 6:08 PM
Prof, you are right and may your days be long. Let us wait and see if GEJ will return peacefully to his village after his already defeat or not.