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The Federal Authorities has refuted rumours circulating that the Murtala Muhammed Expressway in Abuja has been renamed after Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate to be known as Wole Soyinka Manner.
In a press release on Sunday in Abuja, Minister of Info and Nationwide Orientation, Muhammed Idris, clarified that the administration has by no means thought of renaming the Expressway.
“For the file, on June 4, 2024, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated a brand new highway within the FCT, codenamed Arterial Street N20 (from Katampe to Jahi). This new highway hyperlinks the present Outer Northern Expressway (Murtala Muhammed Expressway) to the Northern Parkway (Ahmadu Bello Manner).
“Throughout the inauguration, FCT Minister Barrister Nyesom Wike proposed to the President that this new highway be named after Prof. Wole Soyinka, and the President agreed,” he stated.
He emphasised that solely Arterial Street N20 has been named after Prof. Wole Soyinka, and the Murtala Muhammed Expressway retains its unique identify in honor of former Head of State, Common Murtala Ramat Muhammed.
“We urge all residents to ignore any misinformation concerning the renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway. The report is completely false and exists solely within the creativeness of its purveyors,” he stated.