As part of the activities to reform the airports across the country, President Bola Tinubu has renamed some of the federal airports in the country after some prominent figures who have contributed one way or the order, to the growth and development of Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, which was signed by the Director of Airport Operations, Mrs Joke Olatunji on Monday June 26, 2023.
According to the statement, the President renamed the airports “as part of reforms of the Aviation sector.”
Among the prominent Nigerians who the federal airports were named after are; the immediate former President Muhammadu Buhari, the late sage Obafemi Awolowo, late premier Oladoke Akintola, late Sheikh Usman Danfodio
However, the full list of the prominent Nigerians and the airports named after them are as follows:
1. Akure Airport – Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu
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. Maiduguri Airport – Gen. Mumammadu Buhari
10. Makurdi Airport – Joseph Sarwuan Tarka
11. Minna Airpor – 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
