Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has condemned the outcry generated by the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket as Nigerians head towards general elections next year.

He described the controversies surrounding the Muslim/Muslim ticket as a reflection of how the country has been fractured along religious lines and its citizens made to look different from one another right from childhood.

Soyinka made the remarks on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State while moderating a lecture, themed: ‘Good Governance or Misgovernance: The Contract called Democracy’. The lecture was organised by the historic Abeokuta Club to mark its 50th anniversary.

His words: “This gathering here could not have been more timely. In fact I am hoping that a series of this kind of encounter will take place all over the nation between now and the long awaited day next year. I think it will help many people clarify a number of things in minds before that day and maybe move a little bit away towards pulling us out of the morass in which we find ourselves, if we want to be very honest about this.

“I think we’ve all come here with a lot of negative image hanging on our necks. And also some measure of hope, some modicum of illumination,” Soyinka said.

The Nobel Laureate, acknowledging the presence of secondary school students in uniform whom he said events like that for him were primarily for, also used the opportunity to condemn the controversies triggered by the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket and whether students should be allowed to wear religious garbs to schools.

“There is one other thing going on in my mind. And I think we have the experts here who will talk about it. There are some school children over there. And one wonderful thing about them for me is that they are in uniform. In other words I cannot tell which one is a Christian, which one is a Muslim, which one is an Orisa worshipper, which one is a Zoroastrian, which one is a Buddhist. They are school children.

“They are equal and they are being encouraged to see one another as human beings, not as separate creatures. And I want to be informed if it is against democracy that schools insist that uniforms be worn by children so that they are not distinguished in a very dramatic way. So that they do not look at one another as different.

“So now I’m talking to religionists. I’m saying why do you want to create such marked differentiation at that age, that impressionable age, when we need to teach our children to look at one another as equals, as the same people, the same entitled creatures of society?

“These are issues which I hope we will also touch. Because when we hear expressions like Muslim/Muslim ticket, Christian/Christian ticket, Orisa/Orisa worshipper ticket. This is where it all begins. This is where the nervousness begins. This is where the anxiety and the phobia begin. This is where it begins, when you teach the children to be different at an age when they are so impressionable. These are issues I hope you will help to resolve,” Soyinka maintained.

https://www.premierupdate.com.ng/2022/08/2023-election-wole-soyinka-speaks-on.html

I will continue to respect Wole Soyinka, he's a great man, but am not just interested in the insensitivity of a Muslim Muslim ticket, its the lies that got me mad, why hire fake Bishops and claim they are real Bishops. Listen, I have no vicissitudes to pander with the sanctimonious and that's a huge lie from those who intend to continue lying to their grandchildren just because of their greed for power?

The personalities on that ticket are even more criminal, a drug baron and a terrorist?

Like seriously?

Nice on Prof. Soyinka.

Those people shouting against it are just religious political jobbers, and using religion as a divison tool to aid their candidate.

Same Babachir Lawal who stole the money meant for Christian IDP centers is now the arrowhead for Christianity in the North lol.

Same intimacy gadget Senator that almost beat a lady to death is now a spokesperson for Northern Christian, Nigeria is a hypocrisy personified country.

Until lately, southern Christians always claim it’s only Northern Muslims that are religious bigots, but this period has shown that the Southern Christian are more religious bigoted than the Northern Muslim.

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ThrownBack:
I will continue to respect Wole Soyinka, he's a great man, but am not just interested in the insensitivity of a Muslim Muslim ticket, its rhe lies that got me mad, why hire fake Bishops and claim they are real Bishops. That's a huge lie from those who intend to continue lying to their grandchildren just because of their greed for power?

You are lying another lie.

They are not fake bishops. They are true bishops. Because they did not have private jets like other god of men do not make them a fake bishop.

You are a liar and a pretender. Below is one of the bishops previous image where he was officiating a marriage.

CAN is a lying terrorist organization and Jesus will be disappointed in them for denying a Christian for political gain.

callme9mm:
As for me, I think Wole Soyinka is irrelevant

We know Wole Soyinka and the world knows him as the first Nobel laureate in literature out of Africa.

Who is your own father? And how relevant is he?

Salewa97:


You are lying another lie.

They are not fake bishops. They are true bishops. Because they did not have private jets like other god of me do not make them a fake bishop.

You are a liar and a pretender.

We know Bishops when we see them. End of story.

Salewa97:


We know Wole Soyinka and the world knows him as the first Nobel laureate in literature out of Africa.

Who is your own father? And how relevant is he?

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Wole was at the forefront of those who gave is Buhari.

Age is not always wisdom - Job 32: 9

callme9mm:


May you and your generation beg to eat and drink. So be it. May my generation never come across yours.

Yes your generation won’t come across mine because they would have already been perished. Esu laalu ogiri oko should do his work on them.

Why did you deleted the comment you made about wole Soyinka? You dey fear ni?

Thanksful:
Wole was at the forefront of those who gave is Buhari.

Age is not always wisdom - Job 32: 9

Christian terrorist from erosion ravaged land sighted!

100% sure this is one of the Obituarist supporters.

Salewa97:


Christian terrorist from erosion ravaged land sighted!

100% sure this is one of the Obituarist supporters.

Lol!

Was he wise when he told us how Buhari will finish terrorist?

The word of God no dey lie.

Job 32: 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Thanksful:
Wole was at the forefront of those who gave is Buhari.

Age is not always wisdom - Job 32: 9

don't mind the yeye man