.MBuhari renames airports after Diete-Spiff, Danfodio, Awolowo, Idiagbon | TheCable
May 29, 2023 9:33 AMJust hours before his exit from Aso Rock, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerian leaders.
The approval was given on Friday, according to a statement from the ministry of aviation, signed by the head of press and public affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi. The airports include Akure International Airport, named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International Airport was also named after Oba Akinzua II; Dutse International Airport was renamed to Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport Okadigbo will now be known as Chuba Wilberforce; while Gombe International Airport was renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.
Also on the list are Ibadan International Airport ; Ilorin International Airport ; Kaduna International Airport ; and Maiduguri International Airport .Others are the Makurdi International Airport which will now be known as Joseph Sarwuan Tarka; Minna International Airport has been renamed to Mall. Abubakar Imam; Nasarrawa International Airport was named after Sheikh Usman Danfodio; Osubi International Airport was renamed Alfred Diete-Spiff.
While the Port Harcourt International Airport was renamed Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo, Yola International Airport is now known as Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport.
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