TINUBU RENAMES 15 AIRPORTS AFTER BUHARI, AWOLOWO, OTHERS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renaming of 15 of the country’s airports after some prominent Nigerians.
The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations on Monday.
The statement noted 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, the Port Harcourt Airport after the late nationalist Obafemi Awolowo, the Nasarawa Airport immortalised the late founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio and Ilorin Airport was named after General Tunde Idiagbon, among others.
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