Outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of Ilorin International Airport after the late General Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon.
Buhari also approved the renaming of 14 other airports after some prominent Nigerians.
This was contained in a statement by the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, made available to newsmen on Sunday.
According to the statement, the 14 other airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International Airport after Oba Akinzua II; Dutse International Airport renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport Okadigbo now known as Chuba Wilberforce; and Gombe International Airport renamed after Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.
Also, Ibadan International Airport was named after Samuel Ladoke Akintola; Kaduna International Airport, now Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina; and Maiduguri International Airport, named after President Muhammadu Buhari.
Others include Makurdi International Airport renamed after Joseph Sarwuan Tarka; Minna International Airport renamed Mall. Abubakar Imam; Nasarrawa International Airport named after Sheikh Usman Danfodio; Osubi International Airport renamed Alfred Diete Spiff; Port Harcourt International Airport renamed Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo; and Yola International Airport now known as Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport.
