Former President Muhammadu Buhari has renamed 15 airports across the country after himself, the late Obafemi Awolowo, the late Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and 12 other prominent Nigerians.
Buhari gave his approval for the renaming of the facility last Friday.
The renaming, it was explained, was in recognition of their contributions to the country’s development in different sectors.
The Head of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
Oluseyi said Buhari also approved the constitution of boards for the agencies under the aviation ministry, which are mostly institutional representations.
The affected airports are: Port Harcourt International Airport now Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo; Ibadan International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola); Ebonyi International Airport (Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo); Maiduguri International Airport (Muhammadu Buhari); and Ilorin International airport (Gen. Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon).
Others are: Akure International Airport (Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu); Benin International Airport (Oba Akenzua II); Dutse International Airport (Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi); Gombe International Airport (Brig. Zakari Maimalari); Kaduna International Airport (Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina); Makurdi International Airport (Joseph Sarwuan Tarka); Minna International Airport (Mallam Abubakar Imam); Nasarawa International Airport (Sheikh Usman Danfodio); Osubi International Airport (Alfred Diete Spiff) and Yola International Airport (Lamido Aliyu Mustapha).”
