Ghana’s main international airport is the front door of the Republic - the first and last national symbol millions of visitors, investors, tourists, and members of our diaspora encounter. A name at that gate is not a private memorial; it is a statement of who we are and what story we choose to project to the world. Yet today, that front door bears the name of a leading figure of the coup era that removed Dr. Kwame Nkrumah—the founding leader whose overthrow set Ghana on a long and painful path of political instability for years. This creates a deep national irony: it makes the symbol of his removal more prominent than the symbol of the nation’s birth. Whatever one’s personal view of history, it is hard to defend a national gateway that appears to celebrate the coup era more than the independence story - especially in a country that prides itself on sovereignty, self-determination, and the rejection of foreign domination and neo-colonial influence.

We are therefore calling for Kotoka’s name to be dropped and for the airport to be renamed Kwame Nkrumah International Airport - not as an act of hate or division, but as an act of national clarity and unity. Across Africa, it is common for a nation’s main airport to carry the name of its defining independence giant, even where many other monuments already exist: a country’s front door is where it places its clearest symbol. Ghana should be no different. Signing this petition is a simple way to say: our gateway should reflect nation-building, dignity, and a shared national story - one that honours the founding father who gave Ghana its modern identity, and speaks to the world with pride.