PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians.
The renaming of the airports is contained in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations.
The statement notes that the renaming is part of reforms in the aviation sector.
The Maiduguri Airport was renamed after the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari and the Port Harcourt Airport after the late nationalist Obafemi Awolowo, while the Nasarawa Airport immortalised the late founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio.
Also, the Benin Airport was renamed after the late Oba of Benin, Oba Akenzua II, Ebonyi Airport after the late Senate President Chuba Okadigbo, and the Ibadan Airport after the late Premier of the old Western Region, Ladoke Akintola.
Ten other airports were renamed after several Nigerians, according to a memo from the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations.
Below is the full list:
1. Akure Airport – Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu
2. Benin Airport – Oba Akenzua II
3. Dutse Airport – Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi
4. Ebonyi Airport – Chuba W. Okadigbo
5. Gombe Airport – Brigadier Zakari Maimalari
6. Ibadan Airport – Samuel Ladoke Akintola
7. Ilorin Airport – Gen. Tunde Idiagbon
8. Kaduna Airport – Hassan Usman Katsina
9. Makurdi Airport – Joseph Sarwuan Tarka
10. Minna Airport – Mallam Abubakar Imam
11. Yola Airport – Lamido Aliyu Mustapha
12. Maiduguri Airport – Muhammadu Buhari
13. Nasarawa Airport – Sheikh Usman Danfodio
14. Osubi Airport – Alfred Diete Spiff
15. Port Harcourt Airport – Obafemi Awolowo
16. Yola Airport- Lamido Aliyu Mustapha
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