Nobel Laureate, Emeritus
Professor Wole Soyinka Monday said that Nigeria would not have been
in the insecurity mess she found herself if it had a genuine leadership.
He advised that the country should raise a monument for the missing Chibok girls.
He was among five other personalities conferred with honourary degree awards by the University of Ibadan on its 2014 Convocation and 66th Foundation Ceremony of the University of Ibadan where 614 persons bagged doctoral degrees.
He advised that the country should raise a monument for the missing Chibok girls.
He was among five other personalities conferred with honourary degree awards by the University of Ibadan on its 2014 Convocation and 66th Foundation Ceremony of the University of Ibadan where 614 persons bagged doctoral degrees.
Speaking on behalf of other awardees Soyinka said: “Yes, it is a festive occasion.
But, we are here
and we know we are sitting under a cloud. It is a very heavy cloud; it is cloud
of embarrassment, of shame, a feeling of dereliction or solemn irresponsibility
towards children.
We are sitting
here under a cloud of impotence of a calamity that was not without notice.
You all know why
we are all here it is in the course of learning and till death we will not stop
learning. It is all about learning and that is what life is all about. We
never stop learning”.
source: newtelegraphonline
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