Pan Niger Delta Forum asks former President Jonathan to reject naming of railway station after him

*”It is simply improper, incongruous and completely unacceptable that one of several railway stations in the country would be named after former President Jonathan”–PANDEF.

BY DANIEL EFE

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to reject the naming of Railway station after him as belittling, called on him to reject the “dishonorable” gesture.

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has described the naming of a Railway Station in Agbor (actually in Owa-Oyibu),Ika North-East Local Government area of Delta State  after Dr. Goodluck Jonathan by the federal government as meaningless and belittling to his person and status as former president.

Terminal Train Station at Owa-Oyibu (Agbor)  Delta State named after former President Jonathan.

In a statement signed by Hon. Ken Robinson, its National Publicity Secretary, PANDEF, demanded the immediate reversal of the naming of the Agbor(Owa-Oyibu) railway station after former President Goodluck Jonathan.The group insists that a befitting national infrastructure should be named after him.

Robinson said: “It is even worst that after the supposed honour, the government went ahead to name several other stations after other Nigerians. Though understandable that all those the various railway stations are named after, are prominent and deserving Nigerians.

However, if the gesture was truly a honour done to Goodluck Jonathan, then there would have been no reason, naming several other stations after numerous other persons.

“It is simply improper, incongruous and completely unacceptable that one of several railway stations in the country would be named after former President Jonathan.More so, there is no other former Head of State or President that a railway station has been named after”.

The statement said the former President Goodluck deserves to be celebrated by the country, and called on him to reject whhat it called a dishonorable gesture.Accordingly, the group called for the immediate reversal of the naming of the Agbor(Owa-Oyibu) railway station after Jonathan.

“Instead, a befitting national infrastructure should be named after him. Former President Goodluck deserves to be celebrated by this country, and nothing should be deemed too much, in doing so,” PANDEF demanded.