By Eseoghene Emuke
Immediate past President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has named the popular Osubi International Airport after Alfred Diete Spiff, a first-class monarch in Bayelsa State.
Buhari, in a last minutes activities before handling over to President Bola Tinubu, also approved the renaming of 14 other airports after some prominent Nigerians.
The approval was contained in a statement from the Ministry of Aviation signed by the Head of Press and Public Affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi, said the approval was given on Friday.
The airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akinzua ii; Dutse International Airport renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport now known as Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo; and Gombe International Airport renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.
They also include Ibadan International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola); Ilorin International Airport (General Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon); Kaduna International Airport (Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina); and Maiduguri International Airport (President Muhammadu Buhari).
Others are 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.
