By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
He stated this on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme.
Cautioning those asking him to fulfill his promise to assess Tinubu’s administration after one year in office which elapsed on May 29, 2024, he said: “People should stop trying to work on my timetable for me, I had not swallowed an alarm clock, I don’t see why I should put my alarm on and say — one year has passed, now, I must make an assessment.
“This business of you have not come to do this, I do not understand it.”
According to the playwright, assessing any government is a collective responsibility.
“Other people are doing the same; this is a collective effort. The Falanas, the Baiyewus, speak consistently. The Sowores come out and try to lead demonstrations,” he added.
“The one year is up which means you have a right and I have a responsibility to respond when you call me on certain issues. But if you are saying that I would call a press conference and say — one year is up, let us now make an assessment.
“The only question I would ask you is — did I do that with Jonathan? Did I do that with Buhari? Did I do that with Obasanjo? Did I do that with anybody? So, why is it expected of me?
“All it means is that one year is up. If I am around, and you want to get hold of me, I would speak. That’s all that statement meant.”
On December 24, 2023, Soyinka paid a visit to Tinubu in his Bourdillon residence in the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos.
When asked to assess Tinubu’s administration which started on May 29, 2023, the nonagenarian said he would reserve his comments about Tinubu’s government till after one year, in May 2024.
Soyinka said he usually gives a president one year to stabilise because they often take off from “lower than ground zero”.