Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the state of the nation as a war situation going by the incessant killings of innocent people by the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Soyinka also decried the way and manner the Federal Government was handling the insurgency, saying it was looking at it as a short term phenomenon that could be tackled with short-term solutions. He spoke on Wednesday via a video conference with privately owned television station, Al Jazeera, on the programme, The Stream, which
focused on 'Bringing Down Boko Haram'. The programme also featured the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and publisher of online news portal, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. He said, "Nigeria is in a war situation and the entire population of Nigeria must consider itself as being in a war situation and that means the Boko Haram phenomenon should not be regarded as been limited to the Northern region alone or Borno and Yobe states. "No, its is something that affects the entire country because these people have declared categorically that they would not be satisfied with nothing less than not only the islamisation of Nigeria but islamisation in their own very narrow, distorted and vicious mode; and they will not be satisfied." Soyinka linked the proliferation and availability of foot soliders to the Islamist sect to corruption, misgovernance and massive youth unemployment. He lamented that he was often at a loss on whether to describe the sect as human or not. He said, "The nation, the government are responsible for the proliferation and availability of foot soldiers and this is due to corruption, mammoth corruption, misgovernance, alienation, the level of unemployment, the distinct feelings - impressionable youths - of not being part of the entire polity. "What makes it possible for a human being to behave in a way that we look for a new definition of humanity? Even many of our politicians got their (to power) by violence." source: punchng.com

I don't sincerely believe in Soyinka's style of activism (siddon-look-talk-clean-mouth-yawa#happen-i-flee)...It speaks a lot of cowardice (Apologies).
Naija no dey war situation, we just have a government who's slow to react to various oppositions or simply can't stand d pressures from d opposition.
#Gbam!

naijaz_own: I don't sincerely believe in Soyinka's style of activism (siddon-look-talk-clean-mouth-yawa#happen-i-flee)...It speaks a lot of cowardice (Apologies).
Naija no dey war situation, we just have a government who's slow to react to various oppositions or simply can't stand d pressures from d opposition.
#Gbam!

Reveal yourself and show us what you are doing for Nigeria that makes you fit to judge Soyinka. As simple as that.

Gbawe:

Reveal yourself and show us what you are doing for Nigeria that makes you fit to judge Soyinka. As simple as that.

Open up a debate thread on Soyinka and I'll make u see.
For now, just state ur opinion and chose either to sleep here or leave!

naijaz_own: I don't sincerely believe in Soyinka's style of activism (siddon-look-talk-clean-mouth-yawa#happen-i-flee)...It speaks a lot of cowardice (Apologies).
Naija no dey war situation, we just have a government who's slow to react to various oppositions or simply can't stand d pressures from d opposition.
#Gbam!

wat do u expect frm a westerner

naijaz_own: I don't sincerely believe in Soyinka's style of activism (siddon-look-talk-clean-mouth-yawa#happen-i-flee)...It speaks a lot of cowardice (Apologies).
Naija no dey war situation, we just have a government who's slow to react to various oppositions or simply can't stand d pressures from d opposition.
#Gbam!

How many to times dem don put your papa for prison? How many times dem try shoot ur papa? Boko haram put your family for hit list? Do you think criminalism is the same thing as courage?intelligence and wisdom can never be taught.There is more courage at the tip of soyinka's pen than there is in your entire lineage.Freaking cowards with their twisted definition of courage and bravery.