Unity in Nigeria can never happen under Buhari - Soyinka

• Soyinka believes the country system has failed under Buhari

• Unity can't be achieved under the current government

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari's government can never allow unity prevail in the country.

He said this in Abuja on Saturday, May 8, 2021, during the signing of his two books 'Trumpism in Academe' and ‘Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth’.

During the book reading, former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha asked Soyinka if he could write a Nigerian story that would evoke patriotism and inspire unity among the various tribes in the country.

Soyinka responded by saying, no narrative would unite the people of Nigeria without restitution and justice, adding that persons in Internally Displaced Persons’ camps, who had lost relatives and loved ones due to violence, would not embrace any story of unity unless they got justice.

He noted there is systemic failures in the country presently. According to him, he is not sure who can fix the failures of the current government.

“We had a critical moment and we lost that moment. The moment when this country could have come together; and the sense of oneness, belonging. That vision of oneness. We lost that moment. There has been more than one moment and we lost the moment. Will another one come? I don’t know. Right now I don’t see it under this government quite frankly.

“There is a failure, a systemic failure in present governance and I don’t know who can put it together. These days, I try to go some days without reading the newspapers. It is so depressing,” he said.