Ghanaians have called for the proposed change of the name of the Kotoka International Airport to Kwame Nkrumah International Airport to be quickly implemented as it is a good idea.
Social media users, reacting to the call by National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, agreed with the move and called it long overdue.
Asiedu Nketia sparked a conversation on social media after declaring that he believes that the Kotoka International Airport should be renamed.
According to him, the Airport should not be named after a coup plotter who overthrew Ghana’s first President. Instead, it should be named after Kwame Nkrumah himself.
Nketia said even courts have ruled that the state should not celebrate events such as the 31st December and June 4th revolutions because it amounts to endorsing bloodshed, yet a coup plotter like Kotoka is being celebrated.
He called for the name to be changed to reflect Kwame Nkrumah’s status as the founder of Ghana.
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The Kotoka International Airport originally the Accra International Airport was first constructed by the British, who used it as an Air Force base during the Second World War. Following the war, it was handed over to civilian authorities. Kwame Nkrumah oversaw an expansion and renovation of the Airport in 1956. After he was ousted in a coup, the Airport was renamed after the coup leader, General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka.