The federal government of Nigeria has named the Idu railway complex after the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mrs. Amina Mohammed.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the Director Press and PR, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Eric Ojiekwe.
The 59-year-old Amina J Mohammed is a Nigerian diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016 and was a key player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process, Wikipedia revealed.
According to the statement, the Idu train station, and the light train station of the Federal Capital Territory and all its facilities were also named after the Deputy Secretary-General.
The statement read, “The Federal Government of Nigeria has named the Idu railway complex, Idu train station, and the light train station of the Federal Capital Territory and all its Facilities after the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mrs. Amina J. Mohammed.
“It has also gained the concurrence of the honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mohammed Bello”.
