Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, last week, drew the ire of Nigerians during the commissioning of a road named after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, when he ordered some newly appointed Permanent Secretaries to bow before President Bola Tinubu.
President Tinubu had named the road from Northern Parkway to outer Northern expressway in Abuja after the playwright, following the recommendation by the FCT minister. In a post via his X on Tuesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the highway would now be called Professor Wole Soyinka Highway. Naming the road, President Tinubu highlighted Soyinka’s contributions to literature and his role in elevating Nigeria’s global cultural standing.
The permanent secretaries were Adam Babagana , Wanki Adamu Ibrahim , Asmau Mukhtar , Dogo Bodinga , Olusa Olusegun , Adetoyi Rabiu Kolawole , Grace Adayilo , Olubunmi Olowookere , Ibe Prospect Chukwuemeka , and Okonkwo Florence Nonubari However, while some Nigerians saw Wike’s action as a joke and laughed over it, others saw it as a serious insult on the sensibilities of not only the permanent secretaries involved, but also on the entire country.
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