The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has congratulated the 1987 Nobel prize winner for Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 81st birthday. Prof. Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934.
Amosun, according to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, described Soyinka as “a quintessential scholar who bestrides the literary world like a colossus.”
The statement read in part, “Soyinka excels in all the genres of literature and his prodigious works have continued to be a reference point in academic circles all over the world.”
Courtesy: The Punch
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