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President Bola Tinubu has renamed some federal airports after some prominent Nigerians including the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari.
The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo issued by the federal ministry of aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Joke Olatunji, director of airport operations on Monday, June 26.
Olatunji noted that the president renamed the airports “as part of reforms of the aviation sector.”
The Maiduguri airport was renamed after the former president Muhammadu Buhari, and the Port Harcourt international airport was named after the late nationalist, Obafemi Awolowo.
The Nasarawa airport was immortalized after the late founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio, while the Benin Airport was renamed after the late Oba of Benin, Oba Akenzua II.
Also, Ebonyi Airport was named after the late senate president Chuba Okadigbo, and the Ibadan airport was immortalized after the late premier of the old western region, Samuel Ladoke Akintola.
Below is the full list of the airports:
1. Maiduguri Airport – Gen. Mumammadu Buhari
2. Benin Airport – Oba Akenzua II
3. Dutse Airport – Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi
4. Ebonyi Airport – Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo
5. Gombe Airport – Brigadier Zakari Maimalari
6. Ibadan Airport – Samuel Ladoke Akintola
7. Ilorin Airport – Gen. Tunde Idiagbon
8. Kaduna Airport – Hassan Usman Katsina
9. Akure Airport – Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu
10. Makurdi Airport – Joseph Sarwuan Tarka
11. Minna Airport – Mallam Abubakar Imam
12. Nassarawa Airport – Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio
13. Osubi Airport – Alfred Diete Spiff
14. Port Harcourt Airport – Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo
15. Yola Airport – Lamido Aliyu Mustapha
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