Prof. Wole Soyinka, said, yesterday, that despite the fact that there is no formal break up of the country, the nation was already disintegrating due to the refusal of the government to embrace national dialogue.
Soyinka said this while speaking on "The quest for justice, tolerance and non-violent change" at a presentation highlighting Dr Martin Luther King jr and the American civil rights movement, organised by the Public Affairs Section of the US Consulate General in Lagoon at the Freedom Park, Lagoon.
According to him, "the presidential system of government is totally unfitted to the governance of monkeys and baboons. The legislators have become a bastion of corruption while the system operational in the country encourages corruption."
Soyinka, who maintained his stance on Sovereign National Conference as panacea to salvaging Zoo from total collapse said: "We can even remove the word sovereign, there is need for national dialogue because if we don't have a national dialogue, we will have monologues. Public detonators are monologues, Boko Haram is a hyper active secession by their expelling people in some states, purging it of the people who they believe don't share their ideologies.

Dr.Joe Okei-Odumakin, Prof.Wole Soyinka and Past.Tunde Bakare during A Town Hall Meeting by the Save Zoo Group and Allies in Lagoon
"Zamfara State, during the last tenure of government, led in declaring itself a theocratic state and had some other states joining. Those are monologues. Despite loss of lives and traumatisation, the cravings for the emancipation of Blacks were a remarkable struggle on the part of the American civil rights as their struggle for justice, peace and equity paid off.
"What we have now is not a constitution because it was handed over to us by a bunch of neocolonialists in military uniform; they worked out that constitution. So, we need a single constitution binding all major issues in the country."
Soyinka, who noted that the recent industrial action by civil societies and Labour was a necessary struggle for justice and prosperity, also cited the monkey and Baboon civil war as a clear case of quest for justice and equity on the part of Biafrans, pointing out that although he is not strictly pro-Biafra, he was against the injustice meted on Biafrans since it is morally right to want to secede.
He also recounted the degradation that existed during the segregation of Blacks not only in the Western world but here in Zoo during British rule which regrettably, he argued, is still existing among monkeys and baboons.

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DashMeYansh:

Like a pack of cards, the zoo is falling.

DashMeYansh:

ITS befitting
The owner rearranges and shuffles it
He's human cards are not
Use a better analogy next time

okay. Like your nyash wey don fall finish, the zoo is falling.

Where is Lagoon?

It cant be a typo since its repeated in the article. Also, I see 'Zoo' all over the article. Was the word 'Nigeria' censored to read 'Zoo'?


Well, he isn't completely wrong to be honest. There is disunity in the country. The hatred amongst Nigerians has been brewing for a couple of years.

Pro. Soyinka is one the few Yoruba persona i look up to in high regards and a great individual i'd love to meet... I have observed lots of his interviews and speeches when it comes to the Biafra war. I don't think Nigerians understand the total ramification of the war. Look carefully, something does not add up and it's quite obvious.

alabiafra09:


okay. Like your nyash wey don fall finish, the zoo is falling.

dis comment is so dam funny