President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan line and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri line after some Nigerians.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, in a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations of his ministry, Mr. Eric Ojiekwe.
In the statement titled ‘Buhari names railway stations after prominent Nigerians’, Buhari said the beneficiaries are deserving.
“The deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large,” the statement read.
The statement stated that for the Lagos-Ibadan rail line with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa rail station, the recipients included Bola Tinubu, Apapa Station; Mobolaji Johnson, Ebute Metta Station; Babatunde Fashola, Agege Station; Lateef Jakande, Agbado Station; and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Kajola Station.
Others include Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti, Papalanto Station; Prof. Wole Soyinka, Abeokuta Station; Segun Osoba, Olodo Station; Ladoka Akintola, Omio-Adio Station; Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Ibadan Station; and Chief Alex Ekwueme, Operation Control Centre.
For the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri railway, the beneficiaries and the stations assigned to their names include Adamu Attah, Itakpe Station; Dr Olusola Saraki, Ajaokuta Station; and Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, Itogbo Station.
