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General News of Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Fani-Kayode faults Buhari for excluding Obasanjo from those given honorary railway stations

Femi Fani-Kayode Femi Fani-Kayode

Nigerian politician, Femi Fani-Kayode, has faulted the President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) for not including former President Olusegun Obasanjo among those honoured with railway stations.

MyNigeria,com reported that Buhari named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after some prominent Nigerians.

The likes of Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Prof Wole Soyinka, Bola Tinubu and Olusola Saraki were amongst the those honured.

Recating on his official Twitter handle today, Fani-Kayode, blasted the decision to exclude Obasanjo as petty.

"I believe that the exclusion of OBJ from the list of those honored by having railway stations etc. named after them was petty, malicious, spiteful & sacrilegious. We must not allow politics to becloud our thinking and judgement and we must give honor to whom it is due.

"Equally sad is the fact that Umaru Yar'adua, Ameyo Adadevoh, Shehu Shagari,Tafawa Balewa, TB Joshua, David Oyedepo,Baba Adebanjo,John Nwodo,Emeka Ojukwu,Ngozie Okonjo-Iweala,Matthew Hassan Kukah, Baba Kessington Adebutu &others were also left out. Give honor to whom it is due!"