The Federal Government has refuted rumors circulating that the Murtala Muhammed Expressway in Abuja has been renamed after Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate to be called Wole Soyinka Way.
In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, clarified that the administration has never considered renaming the Expressway.
He emphasized that only Arterial Road N20 has been named after Prof. Wole Soyinka, and the Murtala Muhammed Expressway retains its original name in honor of former Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed