Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has announced his decision to remain silent, for now, regarding the performance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration
In an interview with The NEWS magazine, commemorating his 90th birthday, Soyinka was asked when he would fulfill his promise to speak on the matter after the administration’s first year in office.
Soyinka stated that he won’t be pressured by expectations, emphasizing that he doesn’t operate on a schedule.
He also acknowledged that some individuals are eagerly waiting for him to comment, intending to criticize him regardless of what he says.
Wole Soyinka expressed his confidence in handling such criticism, referencing his past experiences and ability to navigate adversity.
He will speak on the matter when he chooses to, rather than succumbing to external pressures.
“First of all, understand that I don’t live on an alarm clock. And I hope nobody is so naive as to think that on the dot of one year I am going to speak. That’s number one. “Number two, you asked that question nicely: Do I have anything to say and so on, which is the way it should be. I know that there are some people out there, who are waiting for Wole Soyinka to speak. Whatever he says, they are going to jump at him.
“If you read my Baiting Igbophobia, I narrate a conversation, which was transmitted to me, in which these people sent one of their marching orders to somebody that he should go and deal with me. The man said you know I don’t understand what Soyinka says.
“They told him, Who says you should understand? Any time he opens his mouth, jump in his throat. That’s the way they put it. I’m quoting them. And my response to that, of course, is that I have swallowed more toxic nonsense in my life, anybody who jumps in my throat I would swallow and excrete it in the rear end, and go back to my business normally!
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I think baba is adding sentiment
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