The federal government has named the Idu railway complex and
the light rail station both in the federal capital territory (FCT) after Amina
Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.
Mohammed is a former minister of environment in Nigeria.
The announcement was made on Tuesday, via the federal
government’s Twitter handle @NigeriaGov.
“NOTICE: The Federal Government of Nigeria has named the Idu
Railway Complex—including the Idu Railway Station of #AbujaKadunaRail & the
Light Rail Station of the FCT #AbujaMetro, and associated facilities—after
@AminaJMohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations @UN,” the tweet
reads.
She becomes the first living Nigerian woman to have a
railway station named after her.
NOTICE: The Federal Government of Nigeria has named the Idu Railway Complex—including the Idu Railway Station of #AbujaKadunaRail & the Light Rail Station of the FCT #AbujaMetro, and associated facilities—after @AminaJMohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations @UN
— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) February 16, 2021
In 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari named some stations
along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after ‘deserving
Nigerians’.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan; Bola Tinubu, national
leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate;
and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo are among those who made the list.
Other Nigerians that stations were named after include:
Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta Station); Babatunde Fashola (Agege Station);
Lateef Jakande (Agbado Station); Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan Station), Funmilayo
Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto Station); Segun Osoba (Olodo Station) and Micheal Ibru
(Opara Station).
However, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was exempted.
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