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FG showcases biggest train station along new Lagos-Ibadan rail line

The Federal Ministry of Transportation, headed by Rotimi Amaechi, has showcased the biggest train station along the Lagos-Ibadan rail line.

The ministry has released the visuals of the station named Mobolaji Johnson Station, Ebute Meta.

It shared a video of the station with a message on Twitter: “Pleased to finally share with you our flagship station and by far the most spectacular train stop on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. The station will be named Mobolaji Johnson Station, Ebute Meta.”

This follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s last July approval of the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/Aladja/Warri corridor after some deserving Nigerian citizens.

The beneficiaries for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex are Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Apapa Station), Brigadier General Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Meta Station), Mr Babatunde Fashola (Agege Station), Alhaji Lateef Jakande (Agbado Station) and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (Kajola Station).

Other beneficiaries are Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto Station), Prof. Wole Soyinka (Abeokuta Station), Chief Olusegun Osoba (Olodo Station), Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola (Omi-Adio Station), Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan Station) and Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control).

For the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri Railway, the names of the beneficiaries are Alhaji Adamu Attah (Itakpe Station), Dr. Olusola Saraki (Ajaokuta Station), Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (Itogbo Station), Major General George Innih Rtd. (Agenebode Station), Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (Uromi Station), Chief Tom Ikimi (Ekehen Station) and Brigadier General Samuel Osagbowo Ogbemudia Rtd. (Igbanke Station).

The Agbor Station Complex is named after former President Goodluck Jonathan; the Abraka station, after Major General David Ejoor Rtd; the Opara Station named after Olorogun Micheal Ibru.

Ujevwu Station is named after Chief Alfred Rewane and the Railway Village Station at Agbor is named after Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe.

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