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Abductions: We are very close to accepting a culture of the unacceptable - Soyinka - Edoman - 02-28-2021 School abductions: We are very close to accepting a culture of the unacceptable - Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has expressed how disappointed he is with the increased school abductions in the country. Soyinka who spoke during an award lecture and public presentation of his latest book, ‘Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth’, held in Ogun state on Saturday February 27, said Nigerians are close to accepting a culture of the unacceptable. The nobel laureate accused those at the top of failing and also added that there is no point in trying to reason it out, to find excuses and to lay blame. He said; Quote:“The abductions of our children, when will it end; how will it end? I don’t think anyone of us can tell. But it is important that we continue to stress and to remind ourselves that, not only are these abnormal times, but it seems to be, to me anyway, times of the shirking of responsibility in very key areas. Expressing hope of the recently abducted Jangebe schoolgirls being rescued and reunited with their families, Soyinka stated that he is concerned with the permanence of those scars on our collective psyche. He added; Quote:“We’ll get those children back; I know that. It is a price we pay and the consequence, the permanence of those scars on our collective psyche — that is what worries me." |