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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by fancy4eve(f): 8:32am On Apr 27, 2018
What is dis mumu saying again. Abeg oga keep quite if u no get talk. So dis is all u could say abi, I could remember all d rubbish u said against GEJ, but u can not even say little in dis regime. No make me insult u oh. U brought dis upon us.ewu gambia

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by ideology(m): 8:32am On Apr 27, 2018
xcolanto:
I have never had so much zeal and anger in me to vote in this country but come next year I must vote to dullard back to dura! Enough is enough.
of votes really counts in Nigeria
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by tenmariner: 8:32am On Apr 27, 2018
unknownsolja:
this same white head mumu cultist supported an old buhari

Soyinka's submission during d last election is as a result of human natural instinct of self assessment, accurate or misconceived. I think he could have erred completely if he still drums the beat of support for PMB.
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Lizilicious(f): 8:33am On Apr 27, 2018
This man is always confuse...

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by imitateMe(m): 8:36am On Apr 27, 2018
The funny thing is that the youths may be worse.

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by ProYouAdminsUK: 8:40am On Apr 27, 2018
Yet nobody can find anybody better than 75 years old Buhari. It is never about age. It is about integrity and competence. It is too early after 2.5 years to assess PMB's performance especially considering the messed up country he inherited.
Chrismario:
At what age can one be considered old?

This is not about age but competency!

Buhari was voted because everyone is fed up of Goodluck's lackluster performance not knowing that Buhari is not even better.

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by ufuosman(m): 8:47am On Apr 27, 2018
U fight goodluck na u don enter buhari. You follow set us up

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Iamthoney(m): 8:47am On Apr 27, 2018
This prof brain dey swing like simple pendulum bob... No be the same man wey support Bubu last time? now him dey say make me we vote out old men....so him eyes don clear and the spell wey Bubu take hold am don break? yeye dey smell...Three years time him go tell us to vote in a toddler

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Nobody: 8:49am On Apr 27, 2018
ProYouAdminsUK:
Yet nobody can find anybody better than Buhari

Are you insinuating that he's the best Nigeria has to offer?

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Dinieoj(f): 9:00am On Apr 27, 2018
Can anyone please tell me, who are we gonna vote for? I just lost my vote for Duke.
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by divinevie(m): 9:01am On Apr 27, 2018
heryur:
Is it not the same old people you campaigned for some years back so your eyes don open oga proof
Make sinner no repent again

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by ProYouAdminsUK: 9:02am On Apr 27, 2018
I have not seen any alternatives. Do you have their names?
Chrismario:


Are you insinuating that he's the best Nigeria has to offer?

Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by olushollys(m): 9:11am On Apr 27, 2018
I think Nigerian youths need to wake up from parochial sentiments yes Soyinka might campaign against Jonathan and now speaking against buhari does that make him a bad person is Jonathan's administration a good one I say no he and many others thought buhari would be better myself inclusive ( though never voted for either) for him to say the obvious about buhari abs Jonathan is never a sin . Jonathan's administration was bad he was kicked out so is buhari now let's kick him out simple and let's stop castigating the prof or others that spoke against Jonathan's administration. God bless Nigeria

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Realdeals(m): 9:21am On Apr 27, 2018
We the Yoruba's don't have blind support for anyone, that majority supported Buhari does not stops us from criticizing and dumping him if necessary. This is even happening despite having a Yoruba man as the VP. Other tribes should learn that from us.

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by DedeNkem: 9:21am On Apr 27, 2018
Unfortunately, Nigerian youths have become worse than their older thieves!

- who help the old crooks to rig elections? Youths!

- who help the old murderous crooks to murder their opponents? Youths!

- who help the old corrupt politicians cause chaos at voting booths? Youths!

- who sell their votes over cash, bags of rice and tomatoes? Youths!

- who help the old corrupt idiots distribute bribes? Youths!!

In fact, without the youths' massive assist to political crooks, the damage to our country would not have been this big!!

I am a youth and it doesn't qualifies me to be a leader. What matters is my character and personality!

I don't care if you are 100yrs old or 17yrs old or Igbo or Yoruba or Hausa or Fulani, you're religious or not, poor or rich, as long as you have the character and attitude and health to lead this country in the right path, I will support you!!

I have been closely watching Sowole the owner of the Saharareporters.

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by nascodamus(m): 9:23am On Apr 27, 2018
Firefire:
Useless talk
tell us real talk mr know all
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by KrystosCJ(m): 9:25am On Apr 27, 2018
It's easy to realize that white hair does not translate to one having wisdom.

Dear Soyinka, thank you for the advice. However, you are just another hypocrite who realized he only had to make a u-turn to save face and not to give us genuine advice. Father of cultism!

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by nascodamus(m): 9:27am On Apr 27, 2018
fancy4eve:
What is dis mumu saying again. Abeg oga keep quite if u no get talk. So dis is all u could say abi, I could remember all d rubbish u said against GEJ, but u can not even say little in dis regime. No make me insult u oh. U brought dis upon us.ewu gambia
are you sure you are o?

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by DrMuzungu(m): 9:28am On Apr 27, 2018
Firefire:
Useless talk

Related to Bubu and his campaign poster from your signature... Steady (24/7) power supply for EVERY NIGERIAN at the same time is technically not possible within the next 10 to 15 years, even if you start building power plants right now. Nigeria produces under 10% (actually around 3%) of the energy required. In Europe, in my country of under 10 million people, we produce at any given moment (24 hours a day) twice what Nigeria of 200 million people produces when the production is on the highest (we make 8500 MW while Nigeria produces around 4000 MW, +/- 1000 MW). That means that it is not a matter of simple political will to give electricity to Nigerians. Nigeria has to build power plants 30 to 50 TIMES BIGGER than what it has today. With the way things work in this country, I don't think even my grandchildren will see that improvement. Now, saying that Nigerians will have steady power supply if only they vote for Bubu has the same value as if you write on your poster that Nigerians will get free flights to the Moon, Mars and Venus (and VISA free!) if they elect Bubu.

Stop lying to Nigerians and promising impossible.
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by oreslaw: 9:32am On Apr 27, 2018
Many people thought pmb could do it but d just realise he can't, so Mr Soyinka saying dis now is not as if he has two tongues in his month.
PlsBanMe:
Says Mr Soyinka who supported Buhari against Jonathan during the last general elections.
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Nobody: 9:40am On Apr 27, 2018
Paperwhite:
Soyinka to Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday asked Nigerian youths to mobilize themselves and vote out old people from government in the 2019 general elections.

Soyinka, who spoke with reporters after the convocation lecture he delivered at Elizade University, Ilara- Mokin in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, said the era of voting old people into government should be over in the country.

Speaking after the convocation lecture titled, “Tending the tree of Commencement”, Soyinka said the youth, who formed the bulk of voters, should not make the mistake of allowing old men to take leadership of the country again.

In veiled reference to President Muhammadu Buhari who would be 76 during the next presidential election, Soyinka said: “All I can just tell you is this; don’t make the mistake of following those who failed you before; those who are pretending that they have nothing to do with the disaster that has overtaken Nigeria.

“They are very quick to smell failure, they are very quick to shout it; but then, they exculpate themselves, whereas they are the founding malfeasance of the Nigerian condition: that is what I am warning youths against. Mobilize, get your representatives and stop bothering geriatrics like myself.”



Soyinka, in the second convocation lecture, lamented the scrapping of History in the schools in the country and the fact that many people have forgotten their historical background. Among the trees of commencement, Soyinka said is Leah Shuiab, one of the students kidnapped in Government Girls’ Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State.
He said the girl was able to maintain her firmness like Nelson and Winnie Mandela who chose to remain in prison despite the offer by the government of South Africa. In his remark, the Chairman of the convocation lecture, Prof. Ayo Banjo, said the country must pay attention to the training of teachers, lamenting the fate of teachers in the country.

The Elizade University would, today, graduate 105 students in 31 programmes covering five different faculties. All the degrees of the university, the Registrar of the institution, Chief Omololu Adegbenro said, have the blessing of regulatory bodies and the National Universities Commission (NUC).
According to him, 16 of the graduating students bagged first class while 50 of them got second class upper while the rest 39 students got second class lower division.The first class graduands, he said, would be given automatic employment.

https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/04/soyinka-to-youths-dont-vote-old-people-into-office/



Wetin this useless man de talk? Didn't u campaign, support n voted for the old Buhari back in 2015

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by ooshinibos: 10:01am On Apr 27, 2018
PlsBanMe:
Says Mr Soyinka who supported Buhari against Jonathan during the last general elections.
I guess he didn't know Buhari will fail like many of us that didn't know as well

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by lonlytroy(m): 10:30am On Apr 27, 2018
PlsBanMe:
Says Mr Soyinka who supported Buhari against Jonathan during the last general elections.


Don't blame anybody that voted buhari, we were all con by APC and PDP is not beta either

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by michoim(m): 10:38am On Apr 27, 2018
If Soyinka at his oldage has no more better thing to contribute to the society, that doesn't mean other old people has no great things to contribute, even better things than the so called youth that hell bent on digital looting...
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by 360great(m): 12:10pm On Apr 27, 2018
Na lie .I and my entire family must vote Buhari come 2019. Soyinka did his own in 2015 .now is pay back time. Sai baba till 2023 grin

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by fancy4eve(f): 12:36pm On Apr 27, 2018
nascodamus:
are you sure you are o?
am ohk
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Yesboss13: 12:59pm On Apr 27, 2018
We won't obey you
Last election you advised us to vote for the current dullard president

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Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by overdoseme: 1:28pm On Apr 27, 2018
Old gist
Re: Soyinka To Youths: Don’t Vote Old People Into Office by Nobody: 2:00pm On Apr 27, 2018
Youths have allowed themselves to be used in committing many atrocities in the country. So we are not after age here but track record. We are after those that will help sell our potentials globally. Donald duke tried that while he was governor of cross river. I would have mentioned pat utomi but he doesn't have a track record.

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