The Federal Government has renamed the Minna Airport in Niger State after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The renaming of the Minna Airport occurred just a few hours before its inauguration on Monday.
The State Commissioner for Information, Binta Mamman, told newsmen in Minna the state capital on Sunday.
Mamman revealed that preparations for hosting Tinubu’s visit where he would inaugurate the airport along with showcasing mechanized farming equipment.
She said: “All is set for the Niger State Government to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Minna, the state capital. “During the President’s visit, he will commission the remodelled and upgraded terminal at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport.”
Originally a Federal Government project, the airport remodeling was taken over by the state government due to completion delays, following consultations with relevant authorities. The project aims to provide an alternative to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, given its proximity to the nation’s capital. Previously, the airport bore the name of the late Abubakar Imam, as part of a series of 15 airports named after prominent Nigerian personalities.
The state Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Aminu Takuma, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Governance and Reform, Dr. Isah Adamu, while fielding questions from newsmen, explained that the renaming of the Airport was based on the support of the President to the state so far. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-7167863529667065&output=html&h=187&slotname=7613074554&adk=369021407&adf=1076123621&pi=t.ma~as.7613074554&w=746&fwrn=4&lmt=1710163605&rafmt=11&format=746×187&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Ffg-renames-minna-airport-after-tinubu%2F&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTIyLjAuNjI2MS4xMTIiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siQ2hyb21pdW0iLCIxMjIuMC42MjYxLjExMiJdLFsiTm90KEE6QnJhbmQiLCIyNC4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjEyMi4wLjYyNjEuMTEyIl1dLDBd&dt=1710163785711&bpp=8&bdt=9729&idt=2085&shv=r20240306&mjsv=m202403050101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D19055f94945ffae0-2272537773e0001d%3AT%3D1698914985%3ART%3D1709568621%3AS%3DALNI_MZ4D5ttXHyFXMkYmayje2uJULc-lg&gpic=UID%3D00000cc65ea2c03f%3AT%3D1698914985%3ART%3D1709568621%3AS%3DALNI_MbsHMxUXAmjK92arhM36QJUPYceaA&eo_id_str=ID%3De6e019d6397322cf%3AT%3D1707910984%3ART%3D1709568621%3AS%3DAA-AfjarLYbnd9mGd1xwLIhCKlJG&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=2944801155721&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=628676980.1698914981&ga_sid=1710163788&ga_hid=1884308986&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=1&dmc=8&adx=181&ady=2148&biw=1349&bih=641&scr_x=0&scr_y=1300&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C44759837%2C44798934%2C31081641%2C95324160%2C95325784%2C95326935%2C31078663%2C31078665%2C31078668%2C31078670&oid=2&pvsid=2576528597755021&tmod=482265782&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C641&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CpEebr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1&td=1&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&nt=1&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=2119
He said it was the FG’s prerogative to rename the airport since it was the same that had earlier named it.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Musa Salihu, also revealed that the state-of-the-art- equipment for agricultural mechanisation procured by the state government to support and achieve the food security agenda of both the State and Federal Governments would be inaugurated.
He explained that the equipment such as tractors, power tillers, planters and harvesters were already assembled at the airport for a symbolic demonstration of irrigation farming at the Airport City Free Agro Processing Zone.