The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has announced government plans to change the name of Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport.
According to him, a bill will soon be laid before Parliament by the Minister of Transport to give legal backing to the proposed renaming of Ghana’s main international airport.
Ayariga made the announcement while addressing journalists ahead of the first sitting of the Second Session of the 9th Parliament on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
“We are changing the name of our airport from Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport. A bill will be brought by the Minister for Transport to facilitate this change. The Accra International Airport bill will also come,” he said.
He stressed that the renaming process must be guided by law and reflect the will of the Ghanaian people, noting that Parliament would provide the appropriate legal framework for the change.
The proposed move follows years of public debate and renewed calls to remove the name of Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, one of the leaders of the 1966 coup that overthrew Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
