The Federal Government of Nigeria has named the Idu Railway Complex after Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed.
The development was disclosed in a tweet via the Nigerian government’s Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The government said the development also affected the Idu Railway Station of Abuja-Kaduna rail and the Light Rail Station of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and associated facilities.
“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 said.
She becomes the first living Nigerian woman to have a railway station named after her.
In 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari named some stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after those he tagged “deserving Nigerians”.
They included former President Goodluck Jonathan; national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Others were 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).
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