Some Nigerians on Sunday asked the wife of
the President, Patience Jonathan, to make herself available for a debate with
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. The call came on the heels of the diatribe
the First Lady launched against Soyinka in which she described the renowned
playwright as an “embarrassment’’ for
attributing the crisis rocking Rivers State to her and her husband, President
Goodluck Jonathan. But some Nigerians, who took to Twitter and other social
networks to voice their concern over the development, called on a Lagos-based private broadcaster, Channels
Television, to organize a debate for the two.
According to them, the TV station’s Sunrise
Daily, a news and current affairs program that features prominent Nigerians,
who are experts in their areas of specialization, will provide a level playing
ground for the duo to thrash out the knotty issues they were arguing on.
To actualize their dreams, a cross section
of them sent messages in a tweet to the handle of the programme@sunrisedailynow
as well as the main official handle of the television station, @Channels_TV on
Sunday.
A Twitter user, with the name Abdul Slimzy,
tweeting via @abdulslimzy said, “It would be really nice to see Patience
Jonathan and Wole Soyinka argue on Channels TV @sunrisedailynow in English
Language o.”
An anonymous reader on
lindaikeji.blogspot.com said, “Kindly call on Channels TV to organise a debate
between Prof. Wole Soyinka and Dame Patience Jonathan. I know we go laugh pass ‘Night of a Thousand
Laugh.’
Another user of the micro-blogging service
with the name, Hig-Wayne Cannon, who uses the handle @dosinclair, said he would
be looking forward to the debate on national TV as it would be a clash of the
titans. Cannon notes, “You can expect a volcanic grammatical literary of
freestyles. What a collabo #Titans.”
However, some users of the micro-blogging
service boasted that the wife of the President would come out tops after the
debate. One of such users of the social network who beat his chest on this was
Yakubu Dogara who tweets via @doyakubu.
He says, “I bet it that Dame Patience will
win the debate as it will be unwise for the Prof. (Wole Soyinka) to attend much
more utter a word.”
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