President Bola Tinubu renamed a few federal airports in honor of a number of well-known Nigerians.
A memo from the Federal Ministry of Aviation, dated June 1, 2023, and signed on Monday by Mrs. Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations, revealed the renaming of the airports.
According to the statement, the renaming of the airports was done “as part of reforms of the Aviation sector.”
The Nasarawa Airport honors the late founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio, while the airports in Port Harcourt and Maiduguri are named for the late nationalists Obafemi Awolowo and Muhammadu Buhari, respectively.
Additionally, the Ebonyi Airport was renamed in honor of the late Senate President Chuba Okadigbo, the Ibadan Airport was renamed in honor of the late Premier of the old Western Region, Ladoke Akintola, and the Benin Airport was renamed in honor of the late Oba of Benin, Oba Akenzua II.
Here is the whole list:
1. Olumuyiwa Airport in Akure Robert Aliu
2. Oba Akenzua II Airport in Benin
3. Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi at Dutse Airport
4. Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo Airport in Ebonyi
5. Brigadier Zakari Maimalari of Gombe Airport
6. Samuel Ladoke Akintola, Ibadan Airport
7. The Gen. Tunde Idiagbon Ilorin Airport
8. Hassan Usman Katsina Airport in Kaduna
9. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at Maiduguri Airport
10. Joseph Sarwuan Tarka at Makurdi Airport
11. Mallam Abubakar Imam’s Minna Airport
12. Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio at the Nassarawa Airport
13. Alfred Diete Spiff, Osubi Airport
14. Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo Airport in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
15. Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport in Yola
