The Federal Government has debunked the report that the Murtala Mohammed Way in Abuja has been renamed after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, stating that such a name change has never been considered by the administration.
The government clarified that during the inauguration of a new road in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, codenamed Arterial Road N20 (from Katampe to Jahi), the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, proposed to President Bola Tinubu that the road be named after Prof Wole Soyinka, and the President agreed.
In a statement issued by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, the government urged Nigerians to disregard any misinformation regarding the renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway, describing the report as entirely false and existing only in the imagination of its purveyors.
The statement read: "We have noted the rumours being circulated that the Murtala Mohammed Expressway Way in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been renamed as Wole Soyinka Way.
The renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway has never been contemplated by this administration."
The government emphasized that it was the Arterial Road N20 that was named after Prof Soyinka during its inauguration, while the Murtala Mohammed Expressway remains unchanged and continues to bear the name of the esteemed former Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed.
The government urged all citizens to disregard any misinformation regarding the renaming of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway, stating that the report is entirely false and only exists in the imagination of its purveyors.
