Buhari Names Railway Station After Prominent Nigerians, Obasanjo Missing
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/Aladja/Warri corridors after some deserving Nigerian citizens.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amechi, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe.
The Minister noted that the deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.
According to the statement, for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries are:
- Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Apapa Station),
- Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta Station),
- Babatunde Raji Fashola (Agege Station),
- Lateef Jakande (Agbado Station),
- Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo (Kajola Station)
- Others are Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto Station),
- Prof. Wole Soyinka (Abeoukuta Station),
- Aremu Segun Osoba (Olodo Station),
- Chief Ladoke Akintola (Omio-Adio Station),
- Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan Station),
- Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control Center).
For the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri Railway, names are :
- Alhaji Adamu Attah (Itakpe Station),
- Dr. Olushola Saraki (Ajaokuta Station),
- Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (Itogbo Station),
- Brigadier General George Innih (Agenebode Station),
- Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (Uromi Station),
- Chief Tom Ikimi (Ekehen Station),
- Brigadier General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (rtd) (Igbanke Station),
- Goodluck Egbele Jonathan (Agbor Station Complex),
- Brigadier General David Ejoor (Abraka Station),
- Micheal Ibru (Opara Station),
- Alfred Rewane (Ujevwu Station) and
- Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe (Railway Village, Agbor).
