President Muhammadu Buhari has named some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan corridor and others on the Itakpe /Ajaokuta /Aladja-Warri after some deserving Nigerian citizens.
The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this on Monday through a statement by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe.
The statement noted that the deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.
The beneficiaries are,
- President Muhammadu Buhari
- 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 Ladoke Akintola (Omio-Adio station)
- Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan station)
- and Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control Centre)
- For the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri Railway, the 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)
- 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).
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