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President Bola Tinubu has named the newly inaugurated arterial road N20 from the northern parkway to the outer northern expressway (ONEX) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the Wole Soyinka Highway.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a post shared on his X account on Tuesday, said that the naming of the road after the Nobel Laureate was recommended by the FCT administration.
“In naming the road after the distinguished playwright, poet and novelist who clocks 90 on 13 July, President Tinubu said Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Literature Prize.
“He said Soyinka has brought honour and fame to Nigeria,” he wrote.
Recall that FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had in May named Abuja’s southern parkway after Tinubu.
The southern parkway stretches from the National Christian Centre to ring road one and is considered one of the city’s major spines.
The minister said the project was completed in line with the president’s renewed hope agenda, 13 years after construction commenced, adding that it would ease the free flow of traffic in the FCT.