Nobel
laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said it would take time for President Muhammadu
Buhari to clear the rot he inherited from his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck
Jonathan, whose administration, he believed, left a “heavy baggage” and
“burden” that may take a while to tackle.
But,
the playwright urged the President to sustain efforts at improving the economy.
He spoke in Johannesburg, South Africa at a public lecture on the theme:
Politics, Culture and the New Africa where he made the statement.
He
said: “This (Buhari) 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.”
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