The Federal Government says the Murtala Muhammed Expressed Way in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has not been renamed as Wole Soyinka Way.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Rabiu Ibrahim, on Monday in Abuja said, such an idea was never contemplated by the administration.
It reads “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 Prof Wole Soyinka, and the President agreed.”
It states that it is the Arterial Road N20 that is named after Professor Soyinka and the Murtala Mohammed Expressway remains unchanged and continues to bear the name of the former Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed
It urges all citizens to disregard any misinformation regarding the renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway and the report is entirely false.
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