RESET KOTOKA: Nii Adjei Onarnor V International Airport
The decision to reward General Kotoka with the naming of the Accra International Airport after him was by his colleague coupists.
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The International Airport in Accra is on La Land, aptly called the Accra International Airport until 1969.
Most people know that Ako Adjei brought Osafo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah back to Ghana, but don’t know that Ako Adjei was a native of La.
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Most people know that Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah chose the Red Cockrel as the symbol of his political party, but don’t know that the RED COCKREL is the La Stool’s symbol.
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The fact that the International Airport in Accra is on La Stool Land is not in dispute…
Originally acquired by the colonial government in 1944 as a small airstrip for World War II used by the British Royal Army, then called the Giffard Airbase…
The Accra International Airport became the name of the Airport, and the land size in the Nkrumah Acquisition was increased to 1,610 acres…
For an international airport to function, navigation and aviation are key, thus, the Civil Aviation Land in Cantonments through Legon to Adentan was acquired…
Ako Adjei and Nii Adjei Onarnor V were instrumental in various La Stool Lands acquired by the State for national development…
The renaming of the Accra International Airport in 1969 after Kotoka following his death in the “Guitar Boys” counter-coup must not stand as it glorifies the 1966 coup that toppled Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and stagnated Ghana’s development.
General Kotoka was the one who announced the 1966 Coup that terminated the positive trajectory of Ghana’s development, reversing the gains made by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah…
The decision to reward General Kotoka with the naming of the Accra International Airport after him was made by his colleague coupists.
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The Airport should have reverted to its original name;
ACCRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
However, the Kumasi Airport, after being upgraded to an international status, has been renamed the Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport, after a prominent Ashanti King.
Similarly, the Tamale Airport was also renamed the Yakubu Tali International Airport.
Despite the Yaa Na’s protests against the name change, encouraging President Akufo Addo to name it the Gbewaa International Airport instead, it was not heeded…
The principle underpinning the renaming of the International Airports in Ghana favour the change of the name of the Kotoka International Airport…
Between reverting to the Accra International Airport and naming the Airport after the La Mantse Nii Adjei Onarnor V, just as was done in the case of the Kumasi Airport, the latter is preferred to encourage Stools and Chiefs to willingly give Lands for national developmental projects.
The La Stool Lands are the choicest of Prime Lands in Ghana and hosts almost all the Embassies and the Security Services in Ghana, including the Burma Camp, as well as Educational and Health facilities such as the University of Ghana and the iconic University of Ghana Medical Centre, among others…
Nii Adjei Onarnor V is the La Mantse who risked his Stool to give most of the La Stool Lands to the State for national development and deserves the International Airport in Accra, specifically on La Land, to be named after him; to become the Nii Adjei Onarnor V International Airport.
WELCOME TO THE NII ADJEI ONARNOR V INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LA, ACCRA-GHANA.
By Prince-Derek Adjei
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