President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/Aladja/Warri corridors after some prominent Nigerian citizens.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this in a statement by his spokesman, Eric Ojiekwe, on Monday.
According to the minister, those who made the list are deserving citizens who have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.
Former Vice President Late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, incumbent Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Senate leader late Olusola Saraki, former Lagos State Governor Ahmed Tinubu, former Ogun State Government Segun Osoba and Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka are among those who were honored with the naming.
While the Apapa station was named after Tinubu, the Kajola station was named after Prof Osinbajo, and Abeokuta station was named after Prof. Soyinka.
Ajaokuta station was named after the late Saraki.
Also honoured are Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta Station), Babatunde Raji Fashola (Agege station), Lateef Jakande (Agbado station) and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto station).
Others are Aremo Segun Osoba(Olodo station), Chief Ladoka Akintola (Omio-Adio station), Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan station), Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control Centre).
Alhaji Adamu Attah (Itakpe 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).
However, the Nigerian military and political leader who served as military head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, Olusegun Obasanjo, was missing in the list.
