Tinubu names two Abuja roads after Chinua Achebe, J. P. Clark
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday named two roads in Guzape Districts after the late novelists, Chinua Achebe and J. P. Clark.
This came after a plea by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Wike made the request in Abuja on Saturday, during the inauguration of Guzape Lot II Engineering Infrastructure by Tinubu, to celebrate the latter’s first anniversary as president.
“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.
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“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,” Wike said.
The minister described Guzape as one of the biggest districts in FCT.