Sanwo-Olu: Soyinka is Nigeria’s biggest export to the world
Politics tamfitronics Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka is Nigeria’s biggest export to the world.Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while felicitating with the literary icon on the occasion of his 90th birthday.In a statement on Friday by his media aide, Gboyega Akosile, the governor further pronounced Soyinka as a patriot and Africa’s pride.Prof. Soyinka, the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature and the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category, will clock 90 on Saturday, July 13.Sanwo-Olu said the playwright, poet, and essayist is worthy of all celebrations as a Nigerian advocate of good governance, voice of the voiceless and one of Nigeria’s biggest exports to the world.The governor said the Nobel Laureate, as a quintessential scholar and literary icon, has used his position and experience to contribute...
