30th May, 2023
One of the last actions of President Muhammadu Buhari in office was the renaming of airports across the country after some prominent Nigerians living and deceased.
In all the former President Buhari renamed 15 airports after dead and living Nigerians, including himself.
The renaming of the airports was to recognise the contributions of the beneficiaries to the socio-economic development of Nigerians, it was learnt.
See the airports and their new names as listed in a statement by Head of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi,
Port Harcourt International Airport (Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo)
Ibadan International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola)
Ebonyi International Airport (Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo)
Maiduguri International Airport (Muhammadu Buhari)
Ilorin International airport (Gen. Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon).
Akure International Airport (Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu)
Benin International Airport (Oba Akenzua II)
Dutse International Airport (Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi)
Gombe International Airport (Brig. Zakari Maimalari)
Kaduna International Airport (Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina)
Makurdi International Airport (Joseph Sarwuan Tarka)
Minna International Airport (Mallam Abubakar Imam)
Nasarawa International Airport (Sheikh Usman Danfodio)
Osubi International Airport (Alfred Diete Spiff)
Yola International Airport (Lamido Aliyu Mustapha).