Soyinka to Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday asked Nigerian youths to mobilize themselves and vote out old people from government in the 2019 general elections.

Soyinka, who spoke with reporters after the convocation lecture he delivered at Elizade University, Ilara- Mokin in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, said the era of voting old people into government should be over in the country.

Speaking after the convocation lecture titled, “Tending the tree of Commencement”, Soyinka said the youth, who formed the bulk of voters, should not make the mistake of allowing old men to take leadership of the country again.

In veiled reference to President Muhammadu Buhari who would be 76 during the next presidential election, Soyinka said: “All I can just tell you is this; don’t make the mistake of following those who failed you before; those who are pretending that they have nothing to do with the disaster that has overtaken Nigeria.

“They are very quick to smell failure, they are very quick to shout it; but then, they exculpate themselves, whereas they are the founding malfeasance of the Nigerian condition: that is what I am warning youths against. Mobilize, get your representatives and stop bothering geriatrics like myself.”



Soyinka, in the second convocation lecture, lamented the scrapping of History in the schools in the country and the fact that many people have forgotten their historical background. Among the trees of commencement, Soyinka said is Leah Shuiab, one of the students kidnapped in Government Girls’ Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State.
He said the girl was able to maintain her firmness like Nelson and Winnie Mandela who chose to remain in prison despite the offer by the government of South Africa. In his remark, the Chairman of the convocation lecture, Prof. Ayo Banjo, said the country must pay attention to the training of teachers, lamenting the fate of teachers in the country.

The Elizade University would, today, graduate 105 students in 31 programmes covering five different faculties. All the degrees of the university, the Registrar of the institution, Chief Omololu Adegbenro said, have the blessing of regulatory bodies and the National Universities Commission (NUC).
According to him, 16 of the graduating students bagged first class while 50 of them got second class upper while the rest 39 students got second class lower division.The first class graduands, he said, would be given automatic employment.

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This one don wake up, we warned before 2015 election but una no hear.

Oya, get out of here

Useless talk

Says Mr Soyinka who supported Buhari against Jonathan during the last general elections.

Vote for new set of people with clean record outside this PDP or APC recycled , decamping and recamping criminals who is after getting wealth for their grandchildren.His age doesn't matter. Remember Yahaya Bello of Kogi

Is it not the same old people you campaigned for some years back so your eyes don open oga proof

This baba still has the mouth to talk. After all he said in 2015

Abeg, since when? A land where poverty and hunger reigns... the mind becomes weak.

He can shut his tract!

Really?


Less head, more stomach

what use is Education if passion enslaves you?


He mortgaged his professorship and nobel prize to Rotimi Amaechi





Amaechi is now a Professor and Nobel Laurate



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Old or youth same result

dadavivo:
This one don wake up

Lolzzz

Its never late,my only joy is that the rich,the poor,the intelligent, the illiterates, the senators,the masses are all feeling the wrath of that wicked man....its a wake up call,sense is now returning back...... time to evict buhari from Aso rock.

No.
We will vote old Buhari again...he must complete what he has started.

Nonsense..!

Ok oo.. Everybody eyes don open

What did the young people like Bello do? I advocate for young people in governance in as much as their governance will be better than the current crop we have

I think they don't tell people that one again

Soyinka is a disgrace to intellects. This is very reason I don't trust people from certain region. Full of guile!

This man has not learnt his lessons. He should stop putting his mouth in politics. Thats the way he threatened to tear is green card the other time. It is people like him that lets useless Igbos call us cowards

And some people who don't know anytin will be shouting Sai Baba. I am awaiting the 3rd year achievement of Buhari by May 29 next monrh.

I have never had so much zeal and anger in me to vote in this country but come next year I must vote to dullard back to dura! Enough is enough.

three:
Really?

In all honesty, our Igbo brothers are most guilty of this crime... Go figure!

They're the least accommodating and most sentimental compared to other groups in 9ja.

At what age can one be considered old?

This is not about age but competency!

Buhari was voted because everyone is fed up of Goodluck's lackluster performance not knowing that Buhari is not even better.

Chrismario:
At what age can one be considered old?

This is not about age but competency!

Buhari was voted because everyone is fed up of Goodluck's lackluster performance not knowing that Buhari is not even better.

Buhari is worse.....

Don't vote for broke ass Youths who have not seen or handle large sum effectively.

When they go there they will continue what the old people have been doing

Youth should also not take advise from old people on who to vote for.

Youths need to ignore advice from treacherous old men like Soyinka. People should vote for track record of competency first and foremost. Listen to this shameless enemy of progress at your peril.

Soyinka has never supported any govt that tried to fight corruption.

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we don't want buhari,Ahmed Makarfi, atiku.
we want our Nigerian lazy youth,who is ready to move the country forward. Not the hardworking old bags, that steal the country's fund.

They will not hear now o.

this same white head mumu cultist supported an old buhari

Soyinka like several other Nigerians during d last election rolled on the weakness of GEJ. Who wants a weak leader as a president? Unfortunately however, there emerged a PMB who can hardly tell d difference btw his right shoe and his left one and has become a pain in the eye of every Nigerian.