The Federal Government has said that the Ebute Meta train station, the most iconic on the Lagos-Ibadan train service will be named after the first Lagos State governor, late Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson.
Johnson, who was military governor of Lagos between May 1967 and July 1975 died 30 October 2019 at the age of 83.
The Ministry of Transportation confirmed the posthumous honour via its Twitter handle on Sunday, as its shared photographs of the flagship station.
The ministry said:
New indoor photos of our flagship station located at Ebute Metta. It is to be named Mobolaji Johnson Station after the former Governor of Lagos State. Please share your thoughts.
On 23 November, the Ministry first dropped the hint that the station shall be called Mobolaji Johnson station.
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It added:
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.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has also stated why the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) Nigeria Limited could not link the final part of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line to the sea.
The government in its explanation said that it was due to disruption by trucks going in and out of the port complex.
According to a press statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe, this disclosure was made by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, while on a routine tour of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line project on Saturday, April 10, 2021.