Nigeria, March 1 -- Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has lent his voice to the call for decentralisation of the running of the country, saying that it remained the only path for Nigeria to true nationhood.

Delivering a public lecture, titled, 'Recovering the Narrative,' to mark PUNCH newspaper's 50th anniversary on Thursday in Lagos, Mr Soyinka said decentralisation was key for the country to be self-sufficient in food production.

Against the backdrop of the hardship, food insecurity inflation, and pervasive hunger being experienced in the country, he maintained that decentralisation would be essential to addressing hunger and lack of productivity among the citizenry.

"We speak about food hunger because it is real. But palliatives are tem...