Tinubu names Abuja road after Chinua Achebe

Tamarauemi Ebimini

President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the M18 road infrastructure in the Guzape District of Abuja after the renowned novelist Chinua Achebe.

The President made this announcement during his address at the inauguration of the road on Saturday, June 8.

Olusegun Dada, Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media disclosed this in a post on Saturday.

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.”

Born on November 16, 1930, Achebe died on March 21, 2013.

He was a novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature.

His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the “African Trilogy”. Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987).

In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the “father of African literature”, although he vigorously rejected the characterization.

Last week, Tinubu named a road in Abuja after Professor Wole Soyinka, also a renowned writer.