Ghana's main airport set to be renamed

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...Dr Joojo deHeer 3 months ago

Great idea.

Great idea.
Benji 3 months ago

Weshould rename Kumasi Airport after Kotoka, since NPP loves him so much.

Weshould rename Kumasi Airport after Kotoka, since NPP loves him so much.
Kk 3 months ago

Gyimiee seiyaaaa. Aboa

Gyimiee seiyaaaa. Aboa
Amanda 3 months ago

NDC has overwhelming Majority in parliament today. They can even change the name of Ghana to Mahamaland.

History should be taught in School prpoerly.

Fools in office.

NDC has overwhelming Majority in parliament today. They can even change the name of Ghana to Mahamaland.

History should be taught in School prpoerly.

Fools in office.
Fire for fire 3 months ago

Somebody listen to this idiot called Amanda too. Who you call fools? And just look at the way you spelt "properly" Please watch your mouth before we fry you up

Somebody listen to this idiot called Amanda too. Who you call fools? And just look at the way you spelt "properly" Please watch your mouth before we fry you up
SS 3 months ago

As if you are any better? Watch you own tone- ok?

As if you are any better? Watch you own tone- ok?
Test2 3 months ago

THEY SHOULD NAME IT AFTER AKUFO ADDO AND OFORI ATTA THE THIEVES FROM AKYEM
HOW IS YOUR OFORI ATTA DOING IN THE ICE CELLS IN HIS USA

THEY SHOULD NAME IT AFTER AKUFO ADDO AND OFORI ATTA THE THIEVES FROM AKYEM
HOW IS YOUR OFORI ATTA DOING IN THE ICE CELLS IN HIS USA
JESUS IS GOD 3 months ago

For whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved” — Romans 10:13.
Call on Jesus now—He hears, He forgives,
He saves.

For whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved” — Romans 10:13.
Call on Jesus now—He hears, He forgives,
He saves.
Truth Table 3 months ago

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) ..
. ...

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) ..
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Kwame Ampofo 3 months ago

You people should be careful.
Will you ever mention Rawling's name in anything. Are the NDC, members not beneficiaries of Rawlings coup? Hypocrites.

You people should be careful.
Will you ever mention Rawling's name in anything. Are the NDC, members not beneficiaries of Rawlings coup? Hypocrites.

Name 3 months ago

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL i ...
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Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL institutions/monuments etc after neutral entities like Accra International Airport, Tema Harbour, Takoradi Port ....

Certainly where you live, it is Duesseldorf Airport, Frankfurt Airport, Berlin Airport etc. You many ask: are there no very important personalities there?

Apparently, they know the implications of naming such places after people: names would keep changing because most likely, every govt that comes would want to name places after past political favorites ...

But naming after the town makes it general and party-neutral.
Name 3 months ago

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL i ...
read full comment

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL institutions/monuments etc after neutral entities like Accra International Airport, Tema Harbour, Takoradi Port ....

Certainly where you live, it is Duesseldorf Airport, Frankfurt Airport, Berlin Airport etc. You many ask: are there no very important personalities there?

Apparently, they know the implications of naming such places after people: names would keep changing because most likely, every govt that comes would want to name places after past political favorites ...

But naming after the town makes it general and party-neutral.
Name 3 months ago

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL i ...
read full comment

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL institutions/monuments etc after neutral entities like Accra International Airport, Tema Harbour, Takoradi Port ....

Certainly where you live, it is Duesseldorf Airport, Frankfurt Airport, Berlin Airport etc. You many ask: are there no very important personalities there?

Apparently, they know the implications of naming such places after people: names would keep changing because most likely, every govt that comes would want to name places after past political favorites ...

But naming after the town makes it general and party-neutral.
Name 3 months ago

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL i ...
read full comment

Stevo,

so what has the renaming got to do with Rawlings?

Is there anything wrong reverting the name to its very original one?

One thing: knowing the very tribalistic system in Ghana, it is all best to name NATIONAL institutions/monuments etc after neutral entities like Accra International Airport, Tema Harbour, Takoradi Port ....

Certainly where you live, it is Duesseldorf Airport, Frankfurt Airport, Berlin Airport etc. You many ask: are there no very important personalities there?

Apparently, they know the implications of naming such places after people: names would keep changing because most likely, every govt that comes would want to name places after past political favorites ...

But naming after the town makes it general and party-neutral.
kwame 3 months ago

Great Move and I support the idea.

Great Move and I support the idea.
Tamale North Boy 3 months ago

One Volta Region personality taken down. SAD

One Volta Region personality taken down. SAD
Ethics Dilemma 3 months ago

Okay: call it AKOTOK International Airport; so that Kotoka will still maintain his honour by the reversal effect which would limit the coup ‘stench.’ Or call it JAKOTOKJ, with JJ of Rawlings’ sandwiching the reversed Ko ...
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Okay: call it AKOTOK International Airport; so that Kotoka will still maintain his honour by the reversal effect which would limit the coup ‘stench.’ Or call it JAKOTOKJ, with JJ of Rawlings’ sandwiching the reversed Kotoka. NDC can’t benefit from a voltarian coup maker and demote Kotoka - apuu
Efo Kofi 3 months ago

KWAASHIAAFO useless government nonsense will this put food on my table? Total nonsense

KWAASHIAAFO useless government nonsense will this put food on my table? Total nonsense
Abotsi 3 months ago

The last recognition of the Ewe man to be removed. Well done, Voter Region

The last recognition of the Ewe man to be removed. Well done, Voter Region
Rename Prempeh whatever nonsense To… 3 months ago

Rename Prempeh whatever nonsense to Kumasi International Airport.

Rename Prempeh whatever nonsense to Kumasi International Airport.

. 3 months ago

Then the current democracy should also not be celebrated because it came about as a result of the overthrow of a democratic government. Lima’s was legitimately voted into power but overthrown by Rawlings. 1992 is a fruit of ...
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Then the current democracy should also not be celebrated because it came about as a result of the overthrow of a democratic government. Lima’s was legitimately voted into power but overthrown by Rawlings. 1992 is a fruit of a poison tree. Kotoka International Airport is not about the name but an epoch in our history.
Jk 3 months ago

Someone gives birth you will give names always SHAME TO YOU

Someone gives birth you will give names always SHAME TO YOU
nix 3 months ago

thank God. best decision of the decade

thank God. best decision of the decade
Northern Boy 3 months ago

Great Great Great news!!!

Great Great Great news!!!
SS 3 months ago

Great.
nice one, Mr. President, reverting it to its original name that simply refers to the City of Accra

Great.
nice one, Mr. President, reverting it to its original name that simply refers to the City of Accra
Rebecca Ansah 3 months ago

What was the original name before it was renamed to the present day KIA?
Just asking for knowledge sake.

What was the original name before it was renamed to the present day KIA?
Just asking for knowledge sake.
Ghana First: Development Must Outlive Politics 3 months ago

Accra International Airport

Accra International Airport
Kwame Adusei 3 months ago

About time, a strong forward thinking move by the government of Ghana. Well done

About time, a strong forward thinking move by the government of Ghana. Well done
Dauda Lawal Idrissu 3 months ago

FOOLISH PEOPLE,WHAT WILL THAT BENEFIT US??AFTER ALMOST SEVENY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE,YOU CAN'T FIX OUR ROADS,MANY SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE COLLAPSING,,,FOCUS ON THAT...STUPID HOUNARABLES...

FOOLISH PEOPLE,WHAT WILL THAT BENEFIT US??AFTER ALMOST SEVENY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE,YOU CAN'T FIX OUR ROADS,MANY SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE COLLAPSING,,,FOCUS ON THAT...STUPID HOUNARABLES...
Ghanaweb, check your system for abnormalities 3 months ago

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But all of a sudden the page refreshed, showing my uncompleted response THREE TIMES (3X) !!

Ghanaweb, check your system for abnormalities !!!!!

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Awuradebasa 3 months ago

Nonsense

Nonsense
Jen sane wa 3 months ago

Long overdue

Long overdue
Fromtomfrom 3 months ago

Shame on NDC for taking so long to remove this curse on Ghana! Even now they seem to be hesitant. Why introduce a bill in parliament? What legal right did the illegal NLC military regime have to change the name in the first p ...
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Shame on NDC for taking so long to remove this curse on Ghana! Even now they seem to be hesitant. Why introduce a bill in parliament? What legal right did the illegal NLC military regime have to change the name in the first place?
Name 3 months ago

When Akufo-Addo was renaming things left, right center and forward, why didn't you tell him to hurry up and revert the name Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport?

I know you are aware that the NLC rul ...
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When Akufo-Addo was renaming things left, right center and forward, why didn't you tell him to hurry up and revert the name Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport?

I know you are aware that the NLC ruled by decrees and didn't need any bill to do anything. NDC cannot take decisions by decrees but by bills of parliaments.

Hypocrite, you are !!
Jimbo 3 months ago

If NPP were to change the name of the airport, NDC would have made it a tribal issue. I am happy that NPP didn't change the name.

If NPP were to change the name of the airport, NDC would have made it a tribal issue. I am happy that NPP didn't change the name.
Name 3 months ago

Nobody would have resisted, if Akufo-Addo /NPP had decided to revert the name of the airport to Accra Internatonal Airport.

But if he had attempted to rename after any of UP or former NPP personalities, like he attempted ...
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Nobody would have resisted, if Akufo-Addo /NPP had decided to revert the name of the airport to Accra Internatonal Airport.

But if he had attempted to rename after any of UP or former NPP personalities, like he attempted to rename UG after his uncle JB Dankwah, then there would have been an uproar.

To me, names of national places as airports, universities, ports, harbors etc MUST be party-neutral / tribe-neutral. With that, the name would reflect the nation and the chances of constant name changes greatly reduced.

Of course, if some private man calls his own private university 'Obetwani Kofi Wusu College', I have nothing against that.
Nii Amarteifio 3 months ago

Not just Accra, let it be Greater Accra International Airport

Not just Accra, let it be Greater Accra International Airport
K Man 3 months ago

It's long overdue
God bless this Excellency

It's long overdue
God bless this Excellency
Emelia Vandenbossche 3 months ago

About time .

About time .
Truth 3 months ago

stop the nonsense and fix our killer roads. Are you going to change all the monuments named after coup leaders? This is mediocre. Dont set a precedent

stop the nonsense and fix our killer roads. Are you going to change all the monuments named after coup leaders? This is mediocre. Dont set a precedent
Jones 3 months ago

If Kotoka Int Airport is going to be changed because he was a coup maker, then all places named after Rawlings should be equally changed and even that of Sankara. KSM who championed this cause should also campaign for all pl ...
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If Kotoka Int Airport is going to be changed because he was a coup maker, then all places named after Rawlings should be equally changed and even that of Sankara. KSM who championed this cause should also campaign for all places named after Rawlings changed. If he cannot do that then he is tribalistic. NDC is just like the waves of the sea. They have no clue what they are about. Mother Ghana is seriously weeping for a Saviour.
Yaw 3 months ago

Its a waste of time. Why didn’t he change it for the first term, but now. Empty headed politicians, give the people jobs and forget about the nonsense change of name. Is it going to bring more customers or what?

Its a waste of time. Why didn’t he change it for the first term, but now. Empty headed politicians, give the people jobs and forget about the nonsense change of name. Is it going to bring more customers or what?
Osei Wiafe 3 months ago

I think our main concern right now should be constructing new 3 lane (Minimum) dual carriage roads and railways to link Accra to Bolgatanga.Accra is congested, because if you don't live in Accra, you won't have a bite of the ...
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I think our main concern right now should be constructing new 3 lane (Minimum) dual carriage roads and railways to link Accra to Bolgatanga.Accra is congested, because if you don't live in Accra, you won't have a bite of the national cake. This will open up the country to other citizens of Ghana.
Isaac Kusi, Bronx, NY. 3 months ago

Kwame Nkrumah International Airport, Accra.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Airport in New York City
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi
Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg
Murtala Mohammed Internati ...
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Kwame Nkrumah International Airport, Accra.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Airport in New York City
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi
Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg
Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos
La Guardia Airport in New York city
And so the story goes, named after patriotic leaders.
Alain Mumuni 2 months ago

Ghana should consider naming the airport after W E Debois.This will be a great gesture towards our brothers and sisters in the diaspora! This will make Ghana moré exceptional.

Ghana should consider naming the airport after W E Debois.This will be a great gesture towards our brothers and sisters in the diaspora! This will make Ghana moré exceptional.

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