{"id":63331,"date":"2018-08-03T07:27:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T06:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63331"},"modified":"2018-08-03T07:27:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T06:27:54","slug":"soyinka-says-buharis-errors-in-governance-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/soyinka-says-buharis-errors-in-governance-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Soyinka Says Buhari&#8217;s Errors In Governance Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nobel\u00a0 laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday accused the Buhari<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">administration of rampant misgovernance and administrative chaos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere are acts of mis-governance under this administration, Soyinka said<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">at the official launch of his Interventions VIII series, entitled: \u201cQuis<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (Who keeps watch over the watchmen?), Gani\u2019s<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Unfinished Business,\u201d at Freedom Park, Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201dThere are unforced errors and acts that are considered being stupid;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">failure to secure lives; languages of self-excusing, which were condemned<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in the past but resurfacing all over the place,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There is cheapening of lives. The value of lives in the last year or so<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">on is on a level we haven\u2019t witnessed in the country for long time,\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Soyinka said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He also called for the election of new generation of leaders to overhaul<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the system.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Soyinka also talked about the defection of the Benue State governor,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Samuel Ortom, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Soyinka said the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governor had the right to choose which party he wanted to belong and that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">no one should crucify him for that.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said he wrote a letter to Ortom where he made his position on his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">defection clear, even as he read out the letter, saying: \u201cMy position is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">clear on the challenges facing your state. As the leader of a state that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">experienced attacks, you have a right to seek the promise of an<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">alternative means of security for your people because they remain your<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">primary responsibility.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He criticized the EFCC for investigating Ortom, he said the governor left<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the party due to the many problems facing the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Due to the crisis in the country someone defected and then the EFCC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">started chasing him. 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