In its determination to make this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN) a flagship event, the federation has lined up core domestic and International stakeholders in the tourism industry to dissect the theme of the event.
Slated to hold at the Rockview Hotel Abuja on July 30, with the theme, ‘The role of the private sector in the development of the tourism industry, the Botswana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Philda Nani Kereng will grace the event as the keynote speaker.
Others include the Minister of Tourism, Mrs Lola Ade John, Minister of Culture, Hanatu Masawa, sports, Mr John Eno and the Directors-General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority, NTDA, National Council for Art and Culture (NCAC) National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, (NIHOTOURS), ECOWAS Commissioner for Tourism, among others.
The Chairman of the planning committee who doubles as the federation First Deputy President, Alhaji Aliyu Badaki, disclosed on Tuesday at a zoom media parley, adding that picking the personality of the Botswana High Commissioner was deliberate because her wealth of experience in tourism will contribute immensely to the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Badaki explained that the members of the committee based on the happenings in the sector and the country in general, carefully chose the theme to drive home workable solutions for all and sundry.
Also expected at the AGM are presidents of all the tourism associations and the private sector players in Nigeria.
Badaki said the AGM will be held in a relaxed atmosphere devoid of any form of election tension or politicking because it is a non-elective meeting, which will also accord the federation an ample opportunity to strategically discuss and share relatively newer avenue of engaging and collaborating in the public and private space of the industry.
Meanwhile, the Badaki-led FTAN AGM committee has paid a courtesy visit to the keynote speaker, the Botswana High Commissioner, Nani Kereng to finalise arrangement for the forthcoming non-elective AGM and conference.
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