kenifeh: This is the state of the Nigeria educational system. People should learn to read and understand before talking anyhow in public forums. Wole Soyinka was referring to the rich resource endowment of the Niger-Delta, and he never called Patience Jonathan a hippopotamus. Read the context in which that statement was made. He was indirectly saying that oil, which is the main issue causing the crises, is not the only rich resource of the region. People should look into the waters for solution, "the kingdom of God is within and around us".

hmmmm..Oga lecturer, it is you that doesn't understand a word of what the highly cerebral prof was saying. Am sure if he read what you posted above, he'll just go into a fit of grins and chuckles. That 'hippo' allegory was actually a jab to PEJ's jaw in a way that the comical 'invisible man' would have dealt with an avowed villain. So Oga, it is you who shud go add to your language-deciphering skill.

danny301:


That is not enough reason for Soyinka to throw away decorum and be fighting with a woman and referring to her as a Hippopotamus from the swamp, that's too crude; though Patience is another crude individual but two wrongs don't make a right, more-ever she is wife of leader of the country, and that office deserves some respects regardless of how bad the occupant is.................. I have a feeling that old-age is no-longer doing the man any good.......

even you yourself, if you misbehave before toddlers you have lost respect before their eyes. Respect usually follow wisdom.

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