President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District, Abuja after renowned novelist, Chinua Achebe.
Tinubu announced this during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on Saturday, June 8, according to a post by Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Olusegun Dada.
Last week, Tinubu named another of the recently inaugurated roads in the FCT after Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka.
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.”
Achebe was a groundbreaking Nigerian writer best known for his first and most influential novel, Things Fall Apart. He wrote numerous other books, including works of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and children’s books. Professor Achebe received more than 30 honorary degrees, as well as many awards for his work.
