The Federal Authorities has introduced the renaming of the Minna Airport in Niger State after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This resolution comes simply hours earlier than the scheduled inauguration of the airport on Monday.
The airport, which was beforehand named after the late Abubakar Imam, was one in every of 15 airports within the nation that had been renamed after distinguished personalities in Nigeria by the Federal Authorities.
The renaming was confirmed by the State’s Commissioner for Info, Binta Mamman, throughout a media briefing on the Authorities Home in Minna on Sunday.
“All is ready for the Niger State Authorities to obtain President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Minna, the state capital.
“Throughout the President’s go to, he’ll fee the remodelled and upgraded terminal on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Worldwide Airport,” she stated.
In response to Mamman, the remodelling and upgrading of the terminal on the newly christened Bola Ahmed Tinubu Worldwide Airport was initially an FG challenge.
She said that resulting from delays in completion, the state authorities took over the challenge to make sure its speedy conclusion.
The commissioner additionally identified the strategic significance of the airport, noting that it might function an alternative choice to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, given its proximity to the nation’s capital.
Aminu Takuma, the state Commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Funding, who was represented by the Particular Adviser to the Governor on Governance and Reform, Dr. Isah Adamu, instructed newsmen that the renaming of the Airport was primarily based on the assist of the President to the state to date.
He stated it was the FG’s prerogative to rename the airport because it was the identical that had earlier named it.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Musa Salihu, additionally said that the state-of-the-art gear for agricultural mechanisation bought by the state authorities to assist and obtain the meals safety agenda of each the State and the Federal Governments could be inaugurated the identical day.
