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Professor Wole Soyinka and President Bola Tinubu
By CHARLES IWUOHA
The Federal Government has dismissed rumours being circulated that the Murtala Mohammed Express way in the federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been renamed as Wole Soyinka Way.
It stated that the renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway Way, has never been contemplated by the present administration.
The government said for the record, on June 4, 2024, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated a new road in the FCT codenamed Arterial Road N20 (from Katampe to Jahi), which links the existing Outer Northern Expressway (also known as Murtala Mohammed Expressway) to the Northern Parkway (also called Ahmadu Bello Way).
During the inauguration of the N20 (which is a new road), FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, proposed to the President that the road be named after Professor Wole Soyinka, and the President agreed.
A statement issued on Monday by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant (Media) to the minister of lnformation and National Orientation, explained that it is the Arterial Road N20 that is named after Professor Soyinka.
According to the statement, the Murtala Mohammed Expressway remains unchanged and continues to bear the name of our esteemed former Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed.
'We urge all citizens to disregard any misinformation regarding the renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway"The report is entirely false and only exists in the imagination of its purveyors.
