Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has urged the government at all levels to desist from taking citizens for a fool so as to bridge the gap between leaders and the led.
Soyinka, who was a guest speaker at the Punch’s 50th anniversary lecture themed ‘Recovering the Narrative,’ insisted that the government ought to be close to the people.
According to Soyinka, “it’s about time leaders stop taking us for a ride so that the government can come close to the people.
“We don’t want the nation to break, suppose the nation is breaking informally.
“Let nations die so that humanity may live. I don’t like to use the word restructuring. Politicians understand the terms when they are not in office but turn to something else when they assume office. It is the same thing with reconstruction, and it is time to look into it because it is not a slogan, ” Soyinka said.