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Nigerian Poet, and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has said it would take time for President Muhammadu Buhari to heal the injuries inflicted on Nigeria by former president, Goodluck Jonathan.
According to Soyinka, the immediate past government left a “heavy baggage” and “burden” that may take a while to tackle.
Soyinka said this in Johannesburg, South Africa where he was to speak at a public lecture themed: “Politics, Culture and the New Africa.”
He said: “This administration has inherited a heavy baggage. While I am critical in some aspects of the priority, I think that to clear up the mess left by previous administrations is going to take quite a while, especially in the economy sector. So, I don’t use words like optimism or pessimism; I’m just pragmatic. I look at what is on the ground and, of course, wherever I can intervene, I do both privately and publicly.”
According to Soyinka, the immediate past government left a “heavy baggage” and “burden” that may take a while to tackle.
Soyinka said this in Johannesburg, South Africa where he was to speak at a public lecture themed: “Politics, Culture and the New Africa.”
He said: “This administration has inherited a heavy baggage. While I am critical in some aspects of the priority, I think that to clear up the mess left by previous administrations is going to take quite a while, especially in the economy sector. So, I don’t use words like optimism or pessimism; I’m just pragmatic. I look at what is on the ground and, of course, wherever I can intervene, I do both privately and publicly.”
