AFP: Nobel laureate to start new political party in Nigeria
LAGOS — Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new political party after years of harshly criticising corruption and mismanagement in the oil-rich nation.
In brief comments at an event to commemorate the renowned writer’s 76th birthday, Nigeria’s only Nobel laureate said he hoped to form a party of “progressives” to contest elections expected early next year.
The author of “The Swamp Dwellers” criticised the current generation of leaders in Nigeria, where oil wealth has been squandered and the government has failed to provide basic services, such as sufficient electricity.
“My generation has failed the nation,” he said, pledging to launch the party in September and calling it an “organ of collaboration for progressive forces”.
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