Amidst controversy, the Ogle International Airport was last evening renamed the Eugene F Correia International Airport and Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson revealed that the concerns raised by those opposed to the renaming are among issues to be addressed by a review of the airport’s operations being undertaken by an independent legal firm.
At the renaming ceremony last evening, President David Granger made it clear that it was he who suggested the name change and that he was never lobbied. He did not, however, address the concerns of those opposed to the renaming but rather focused on Correia’s contributions to the nation.
Chairman of the airport’s Board of Directors and its President Michael O Correia Jnr condemned those who objected,
