General News of Tuesday, 3 February 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comRenowned legal scholar Professor Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar, has warned that the government’s plan to rename Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to Accra International Airport risks erasing important lessons from Ghana’s history. The renaming of KIA was not intended to glorify the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah," he wrote. Kotoka International Airport to be changed to Accra International AirportHe explained that the 1969 renaming of KIA was not meant to glorify the 1966 coup but to honour Lt General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, who was killed during Operation Guitar Boy in 1967 while resisting a counter-coup. “The airport was renamed to mark the site of Kotoka’s death, not to glorify military intervention in politics. Revert Kotoka International Airport to its original name – Kwame Nkrumah's daughterThe government has announced plans to rename Ghana’s international airport from Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to Accra International Airport.

Source: GhanaWeb February 03, 2026 19:02 UTC