Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka has disclosed what he wants from Nigeria’s president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after he is sworn-in as president.
Soyinka while speaking during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday explained that the only thing he wants from Tinubu is total decentralisation of power.
The renowned author insisted that it would only be fair if the incoming government devolve power to the various arms of governments, states and local governments.
He also explained that he would want a total reinforcement of the civil entity, that is the civil society in the various groupings.
In his words: “Decentralisation, that is all I want out of the incoming government, whichever it is, let us have a genuine, not rhetorical, but a genuine, practical, detailed decentralisation.
“The real devolution of power, more devolution of power to the various arms, various tiers of government, state, local governments, the reinforcement of civil entity, civil society, in the various groupings, that is the kind of structure which I want. You can summarise it in that one word, decentralisation.”
