President Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan corridor after some Nigerians but Obasanjo‘s name is not included.
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, disclosed this in a statement issued by his ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Eric Ojiekwe.
The statement titled ‘Buhari names railway stations after prominent Nigerians’ described the beneficiaries as deserving.
“The deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large,” the ministry said in the statement.
It stated that for the Lagos-Ibadan rail line with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries included Bola Tinubu, Apapa Station; Mobolaji Johnson, Ebute Metta Station; Babatunde Fashola, Agege Station; Lateef Jakande, Agbado Station; and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Kajola Station.
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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.
This has led to some reactions online. See them below:
Baba Obasanjo will drop a letter soon, but I know say baba Buhari no send am???. No time to check time pic.twitter.com/0Kc7NDnpzQ
— Iyalaya (@lollylarry1) July 27, 2020
Were you expecting the former president Obasanjo’s name to be included?