By Glam & Essence
President Bola Tinubu has announced the renaming of several federal airports,in his bid to pay tribute to some of Nigeria’s most illustrious individuals.
The Federal Ministry of Aviation said the move was part of a sector-wide reform unveiled in a memo written by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations released on Monday, June 1, 2023.
Henceforth, the Maiduguri Airport will now be named after the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari.
The Port Harcourt Airport will now bear the name of the late nationalist Obafemi Awolowo, while the Nasarawa Airport has been renamed to honour the late founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio.
Other airports renamed include the Benin airport, renamed after the late Oba of Benin, Oba Akenzua II. The Ebonyi Airport has been renamed after the late Senate President Chuba Okadigbo, and the Ibadan Airport will honour the late Premier of the old Western Region, Ladoke Akintola.
Below is the full list of airports now bearing new names:
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 Airport – 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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