AGS NEWS – The Federal Government dismissed false reports on Monday about renaming Abuja’s Murtala Muhammed Expressway to Wole Soyinka Way.

In a statement by Rabiu Ibrahim, media aide to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, it was clarified that renaming the expressway was never considered by the current administration.

The confusion arose on June 4, 2024, when President Bola Tinubu inaugurated a new road in the Federal Capital Territory named after Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka.

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This new road, Arterial Road N20, runs from Katampe to Jahi, connecting the Outer Northern Expressway (Murtala Muhammed Expressway) to the Northern Parkway (Ahmadu Bello Way).

During the inauguration, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike suggested naming the new road after Soyinka, and President Tinubu approved.

The government emphasized that the Murtala Muhammed Expressway remains unchanged, honoring the legacy of the late General Murtala Ramat Muhammed.