Huhuonline.com understands that President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has renamed fifteen federal airports after several notable Nigerians.
This is according to a memo by the Federal Ministry of Aviation with reference number FMA/T4454/7090/647, signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations and dated June 1, 2023.
The statement obtained by huhuoonline.com on Monday noted that the President renamed the airports “as part of reforms of the Aviation sector”.
Full list of renamed airports is reproduced below:
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
