Buhari Named Railway Stations After Deserving Nigerians – Amaechi

BY SEYIFUNMI LUMEKO

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after deserving Nigerians.

According to him, the deserving citizens are those who have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.

Amaechi made this known in a statement on Monday.

He said the Apapa Station has been named after the All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu; the Abeokuta Station named after respectable Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, while the Ajaokuta Station was conferred on Olusola Saraki, the late father of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

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Others are: ”Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta Station), Babatunde Fashola (Agege Station), Lateef Jakande (Agbado Station), Yemi Osinbajo (Kajola Station), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto Station), Segun Osoba (Olodo Station), and Micheal Ibru (Opara Station).