Outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians.

Ministry of Aviation spokesman Odutayo Oluseyi said in a statement.

According to Oluseyi, the approval for the renaming of the airports was given on Friday, May 26.

The airports include Maiduguri International Airport to be known was Muhammadu Buhari; Port Harcourt International Airport renamed Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo; Ilorin International Airport to now be known as General Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon; Ibadan International Airport renamed after Samuel Ladoke Akintola; Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu.

Others are Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akenzua II; Dutse International Airport renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport, now known as Chuba William Okadigbo; and Gombe International Airport renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari. Kaduna International Airport has also been renamed General Hassan Usman Katsina.

Others are Makurdi International Airport renamed after Joseph Sarwuan Tarka; Minna International Airport renamed Mallam Abubakar Imam; Nasarrawa International Airport named after Sheikh Usman Danfodio; Osubi International Airport renamed Alfred Diete Spiff; and Yola International Airport now known as Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport. (The Guardian)