Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka says the nation will disintegrate unless it is immediately decentralised.
The octogenarian stated this during an interview with AriseTV.
According to him, his stance on decentralisation as a condition for the nation’s continued stay together is shared by many prominent members of the political elite.
Asked if Nigeria could continue to stay together in the light of the current challenges bedevilling it, Soyinka said: “Not if it continues this way. Not if it fails to decentralise. Some people use the word restructure, some people use the word…whatever. Not if it fails to decentralise.”
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Soyinka added, “If Nigeria fails to decentralise, and I mean decentralise as fast as possible, manifestly not rhetoric, then Nigeria cannot stay together.
“Again this is not Wole Soyinka saying this. Generals have said it; everybody has said it; ex-heads of state have said it; analysts have said; economists have said it and that’s what is happening to the people on the streets; that’s why they’re moving; that’s why they’re demonstrating; that’s why they’re defying even threats from the police; from the government ‘if you demonstrate, you’re traitors, we’ll deal with you…we’ll speak to you in language which you’ll understand’.”