Nigeria’s literary giant Prof Wole Soyinka has scored President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign ‘above average’, in an interview with the BBC.
Soyinka however, scored the President below average on the anti-terror war.
Soyinka spoke on Monday on the BBC programme, Hardtalk, anchored by Zeinab Badawi.
Appraising the anti-graft battle, Soyinka said: ”We have this issue of corruption, which is… and I frankly despise those who try to trivialise it in Nigeria simply because they don’t like the face of the man who is behind it.
“But, it’s no longer business as usual in Nigeria because we have bankers who are on trial; we have legislators who are on trial and we have former governors who are on trial. Immediately they step out of the office, they are grabbed by the anti-corruption agencies. On corruption, as far as I’m concerned, he scored the best.”
On the anti-terror war, the literary icon…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
