Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has castigated
Nigerian politicians for the use of what he described as ‘crudity and
vulgar abuse of language’ in their election campaigns.
Soyinka said never before had Nigerians been subjected to such use of vulgar abuse of language as in this present political exercise, accusing the Presidency of being the major culprit, Vanguard reports.
According
to the professor, who spoke on Tuesday, March 10, in Lagos at the
public presentation of a book titled “Modern and Tradition Elite in the
Politics of Lagos” written by Ambassador Patrick Dele Cole, the current
set of politicians in Nigeria have dragged the country to a “hitherto imaginable low in the art of public persuasion which we have a right to imagine forms the foundation of political life.”
His said: “All of us here have passed through the electoral process furnace before now and I suspect we would mostly agree that never before have we been subjected to this level of sheer venom, crudity of and vulgar abuse of language in such prodigal quantities as in this current political exercise.
“The very gift of communication, considered the distinguishing mark of cultured humanity even in polemical situations, has been debased, affecting even thought processes, I often suspect.”
Soyinka said never before had Nigerians been subjected to such use of vulgar abuse of language as in this present political exercise, accusing the Presidency of being the major culprit, Vanguard reports.
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and poet
His said: “All of us here have passed through the electoral process furnace before now and I suspect we would mostly agree that never before have we been subjected to this level of sheer venom, crudity of and vulgar abuse of language in such prodigal quantities as in this current political exercise.
“The very gift of communication, considered the distinguishing mark of cultured humanity even in polemical situations, has been debased, affecting even thought processes, I often suspect.”
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