President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday named the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District, Abuja after renowned novelist, Chinua Achebe.
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and a central figure of modern African literature, while J. P. Clark. was a Nigerian poet and playwright.
This comes after the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike appealed to President Bola Tinubu to name two roads in Guzape Districts after Chinua Achebe and J. P. Clark.
Wike made the request in Abuja on Saturday, during the inauguration of Guzape Lot II Engineering Infrastructure by Tinubu, to celebrate his one year in office.
“I want to appeal to you, just like what you did last time when you approved the naming of Arterial N-20 Road after Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.
“There are a lot of Nigerians who also have in one way, or the other, made their own contributions, particularly in literary works.
“So many of them have made Nigeria proud. People like Chinua Achebe; people like J. P. Clark.
“Your excellency, I want to appeal to you to name this road after Chinua Achebe and another road within the same district after J. P. Clark,” he said.
Tinubu obliged, naming the road after Nigerian Novelist and Poet, late Professor Chinua Achebe.
This was made known in a post by Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Olusegun Dada.
He wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Commissions the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District of Abuja. Names road after Nigerian Novelist and Poet, late Professor Chinua Achebe.”
