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Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd. ), the immediate past president, has authorized renaming 15 International airports after renowned Nigerians. This was contained in a statement sent to the media on Sunday by the Ministry of Aviation’s Head of Press and Public Affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi.
The airports, according to the statement, are as follows:
- Akure International Airport was named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu
- Benin International Airport, now known as Oba Akinzua ii,
- Dutse International Airport, renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi,
- Ebonyi International Airport Okadigbo, now known as Chuba Wilberforce,
- Gombe International Airport was renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.
- Ibadan International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola),
- Ilorin International Airport (General Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon),
- Kaduna International Airport (Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina),
- Maiduguri International Airport (President Muhammadu Buhari).
Others include:
- Makurdi International Airport was renamed after Joseph Sarwuan Tarka,
- Minna International Airport was renamed Mall. Abubakar Imam,
- Nasarrawa International Airport, named after Sheikh Usman Danfodio,
- Osubi International Airport renamed Alfred Diete Spiff,
- Port Harcourt International Airport renamed Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo,
- Yola International Airport is now known as Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport.
cc: Punch Ng
