Niger State Governor Umar Bago has renamed Minna’s Abubakar Imam International Airport after President Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu is expected in Minna, the state capital, on Monday to inaugurate an agro-processing zone and other projects.
Aminu Takuma, the commissioner for industry, trade, and investment, announced the development on Sunday while speaking to journalists at the government house in Minna. He was represented by Isah Adamu, the governor’s special adviser on governance and reform.
Takuma stated that the airport’s renaming was based on the president’s previous support for the state.
He also stated that during his visit, Tinubu would lay the groundwork for the airport’s new hajj terminal.
In 2023, the federal government directed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to rename 15 federal airports after notable Nigerians, including former President Muhammadu Buhari.
During the renaming, Minna Airport was named after Abubakar Imam, a Nigerian writer and journalist from Niger who founded the first Hausa-language newspaper in northern Nigeria.
However, less than a year later, the airport has been renamed for Tinubu.