The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Toye Arulogun, and the Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Community Relations, Alhaji Bidemi Siyanbade, stated that the masquerades’ traditional homage to the Chiefs in a peaceful and non-violent manner as preached by the state government through the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and the Office of the Special Adviser on Community Relations to the Governor has upheld the traditions and norms of the celebration of the 2018 Egungun festival in the state.
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Dr Yemi Kale, Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, NBS, made the disclosure at the 61st United Nations World Tourism Organisation Commission for Africa, Conference, in Abuja.
The Minister made in call in Abuja on Monday when he received the Technical Consultant of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation on Tourism Statistics, David McEwen, on a courtesy visit to his office.
Briefing the media on Tuesday in Alausa, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Steve Ayorinde, declared that the forthcoming summit is designed to provide resourceful content for the tourism road map that will transcend the vision of the State in becoming the foremost tourism destination in Africa
Uko, who is also the organiser of the popular Akwaaba Africa Travel Market, made this assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
Odeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that workshops and seminars were strategic in updating stakeholders in the sector on hospitality and service orientation.
Ambode said this on a programme on Ben TV in the United Kingdom as a prelude to the ongoing Notting Hill Carnival.
Speaking after the meeting, Mohammed Hamadi, a renown sectorial investor and Consultant, who has business concern across the globe, said that Nigeria had a lot of investment opportunities, being the largest country in Africa in terms of population
The forum was organised by the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria in collaboration with the NTDC and the National Institute for Hospitality and NIHOTOUR in Abuja
He said the committee would review the nation’s tourism master plan to conform to the current trends and go a long way in repositioning the tourism sector
The deputy governor, who stressed the importance of developing Nigeria’s area of comparative economic advantage, said the country had untapped tourist potential
According to the former Nigerian Sports Minister, the International Tennis Federation sanctioned Pro Circuit has added value to the city of Lagos as a public relations platform to launder the image of the ‘Centre of Excellence’ to the world in the last 15 years, which the competition has been annually staged
He noted that the state was blessed with many tourism sites and tourist attractions, which included Osun Osogbo grove in Osogbo, Oranmiyan Staff in Ile-Ife and Olumirin Waterfall in Erin-Ijesa
In his response at the tourism award, Imoke, who thanked the organisers for the recognition, decried the low level of patronage in the hospitality industry in Nigeria