Ebun Francis| Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said he does not like talking about the government of President Muhammadu Buhari because he imagined the regime doesn’t exist.
Soyinka who also said for the sake of sanity, he has stopped talking about the government, however, described the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, as marvellous and long overdue.
The Nobel laureate stated this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV onboard the new train.
Asked whether the new train was a plus to Buhari’s regime, Soyinka said, “I don’t want to talk about Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. I think it is best for my sanity just to avoid that overall question. I can take bits and pieces of Nigeria’s present predicament but I think for one’s sense of balance, one must forget the existence of the Buhari administration.”
According to him, Nigeria had for years seen the roads turn to a death trap while rail transport had been neglected and recalled two occasions he spent over six hours on the road from Lagos to Abeokuta.
“It is a work in progress but it is a very impressive work in progress considering the difficulty of really executing anything in this country… I think we are looking at a virtual transport revolution which is long overdue,” he said.
The Nobel laureate said the rail revival would not only change the people’s mentality but boost commerce.
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