Airport renaming doesn’t require parliamentary approval—Transport Minister

The Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has clarified that the renaming of the Kotoka International Airport will not require parliamentary approval, noting that it was originally named through a decree in 1969.


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