President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of several railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/ Aladja/Warri corridors after some deserving Nigerian citizens.
According to the statement by the federal ministry of transportation, the “deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.”
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Buhari Names Railway Stations After Prominent Nigerians
President @MBuhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/ Aladja/Warri corridors after some deserving Nigerian citizens.
— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) July 27, 2020
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) and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (Kajola station).
Others are Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto station),Prof. Wole Soyinka (Abeokuta station),Aremo Segun Osoba(Olodo station),Chief Ladoka Akintola (Omio-Adio station),Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan station)and Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control Centre).
The statement also listed the names for the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri Railway to include;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) and Brig. Gen. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (rtd) (Igbanke station).
Others according to the statement include:Goodluck Ebele 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).
