BREAKING: President Tinubu Renames Airports After Buhari, Awolowo, Others

President Bola Tinubu, has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians.

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.

The statement noted that the President renamed the airports “as part of reforms of 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.

See the full list below:

Akure Airport – Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu

Benin Airport – Oba Akenzua II

Dutse Airport – Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi

Ebonyi Airport – Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo

Gombe Airport – Brigadier Zakari Maimalari

Ibadan Airport – Samuel Ladoke Akintola

Ilorin Airport – Gen. Tunde Idiagbon

Kaduna Airport – Hassan Usman Katsina

Maiduguri Airport – Gen. Mumammadu Buhari

Makurdi Airport – Joseph Sarwuan Tarka

Minna Airpor – Mallam Abubakar Imam