Manama: Saudi authorities have ordered the ministries of education and labour and the Red Crescent to change the names of 19 schools, centres, halls and programmes after they were named after King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz without receiving royal approval.
Directives were issued to all ministries and entities not to name any public or private premises or streets after the King Salman or any Saudi king or crown prince without seeking the permission of the king, Saudi daily Okaz reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
Under the directives, the education ministry will have to change the names of 13 schools, a hall within the ministry, a business institute at the King Saud University, a management centre and recruitment programme at Prince Sultan University.
The labour ministry and the Red Crescent will have to change the names of two halls within their premises, the sources added.
Military bases and hospitals, roads and university centres that had received royal approval will keep their names, according to the sources.
King Salman was the Deputy Governor and later the Governor of Riyadh from 1963 to 2011 before he was appointed Minister of Defence. He was named the Crown Prince in 2012 following the death of Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz and became king on January 23, 2015 following the death of King Abdullah.
