Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has renamed several federal airports.
This
was made public by the Federal Ministry of Aviation as part of a sector-wide
reform.
The
renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal
Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for
the Director of Airport Operations on Monday.
According
to the memo, penned by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport
Operations, the Maiduguri Airport will now honour the immediate past President,
Muhammadu Buhari.
The
Port Harcourt Airport will bear the name of the late nationalist Obafemi
Awolowo.
Additionally,
the Nasarawa Airport has been christened after the late founder of the Sokoto
Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio.
Other
honourees include the late Oba of Benin, Oba Akenzua II, for whom the Benin
Airport has been renamed. The Ebonyi Airport will carry the name of the late
Senate President Chuba Okadigbo, and the Ibadan Airport will honour the late
Premier of the old Western Region, Ladoke Akintola.
See
the full list below:
1.
Akure Airport – Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu
2.
Benin Airport – Oba Akenzua II
3.
Dutse Airport – Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi
4.
Ebonyi Airport – Chuba Wilberforce 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.
Maiduguri Airport – Gen. Mumammadu Buhari
10.
Makurdi Airport – Joseph Sarwuan Tarka
11.
Minna Airpor – Mallam Abubakar Imam
12.
Nassarawa Airport – Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio
13.
Osubi Airport – Alfred Diete Spiff
14.
Port Harcourt Airport – Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo
15. Yola Airport – Lamido Aliyu Mustapha
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