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Tinubu names Abuja Highway after Wole Soyinka

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President Bola Tinubu has named the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) as Professor Wole Soyinka Highway, as recommended by the FCT administration.

Naming the road after the distinguished playwright, poet and novelist, who will be 90 years on July 13, President Tinubu said Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Literature Prize.

According to the President, “Soyinka has brought honour and fame to Nigeria.”

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