Chidi Amuta

Dr. Chidi Amuta (born July 21, 1953) is an academic, literary critic, columnist, essayist, writer and public policy consultant.

Quotes

To live peacefully with others in this diverse polity, we need to engage by pushing our advantages while respecting the sensitivities of others in the national community.
- Don’t Sit at Home, Go out and Face Nigeria. Thisday Newspaper Backpage Editorial. September 9, 2021.
Nigerian politicians treat and approach political contests as the equivalent of warfare in which they have to conquer their opponents through the deployment of everything at their disposal.
- Democracy and the Tyranny of Judges. Thisday Newspaper Backpage Editorial. September 5, 2021.
In the pantheon of Nigerian rulers, President Buhari occupies an uncontestable stool. He is the first leader to return to power on the strength of a faulty myth rather than on a record of demonstrable achievements. The political marketers of the Buhari candidacy in the count down to the 2015 elections were armed mostly with nothing concrete beyond a lingering myth.
- Buhari: Dead End of the Mythic Presidency. Thisday Newspaper Backpage Editorial. September 26, 2021