Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC), has asked the Federal Government to name a train station after the
late Chief Remi Ade Fani-Kayode.
The former Deputy Premier of Western Nigeria is the father
of Femi Fani Kayode, ex-Minister of Aviation.
In a statement on Friday, MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola,
argued that the deceased deserves the honour more than some of those already
given.
The professor demanded action on the omission of
Fani-Kayode’s name.
Akintola said Fani-Kayode, one of the earliest crown
counsels to the Queen of England, played a major role in Nigeria’s legal
history.
He recalled the former official was one of the leading
dramatis personae in the struggle for independence and a major character in the
political landscape from 1940 to 1995.
MURIC said Fani-Kayode demonstrated uncommon courage in his
political career and fought against autocratic leadership and feudalistic
royalty.
“He joined Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, the region’s premier
who was also a great patriot and unequalled nationalist, to forge a coalition
with the mainstream political party in the North in order to promote national
unity. This is his major contribution,” he said.
The statement said the parameter employed in picking those
to be honoured by FG “remains monumentally flawed if such a great hero is left
out”.
“If names like Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti (Papalanto
Station), Olusegun Osoba (Olodo Station) and Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta
Station) who held office or featured only at state level appear at our train
stations, why shouldn’t that of the great Fani-Kayode appear”, it added.
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