The Minister gave the
assessment when he inspected the venues of the event at the Transcorp Hotel,
Abuja, on Friday.
“I am very satisfied
and I want to take this opportunity to thank the Committee and the various
Sub-Committees that have been responsible for this arrangement. We have been
working very closely with the management of Transcorp in the last two and a
half months, and we are satisfied with what we have seen.
“So what we have come
to do is just to ascertain that everything is in place and adjust what is
necessary, and you can see that we have made some adjustments because we looked
at how practical the arrangements are,” he said.
SA to Hon. Minister of
Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, quoted Alhaji Mohammed as saying that
they will use the occasion to highlight the giant strides of the Buhari
Administration, especially in the area of fighting insecurity.
The Minister said
Nigeria will use the opportunity offered by the meeting to tell the world that
the country is at peace and that it is ready to host the world, particularly
having recorded tremendous success in defeating the insurgency, revamping the
economy and improving governance.
“It’s a global
platform for you to tell your own story and what story are we telling? We are
telling the world that in the last couple of years, especially three years,
Nigeria has been on the mend. We made tremendous progress in our fight against
insecurity. We have made progress in revamping the economy and in governance.
But for the efforts of this government in the area of fighting insecurity,
nobody will be hosting this meeting here,” he said.
Alhaji Mohammed said
since culture drives tourism, Nigeria will also use the occasion to showcase
its rich and diverse culture.
He listed some of the
cultural performances billed to feature at the event as the Seki Dance Drama
from the South-South; Bolanle Austen-Peter's 'Fela and the Kalakuta Queens',
the Ikemini drummers from Akwa Ibom State and the Virgin Dance from Ebonyi
State.
The Minister, who was
accompanied by Deaconess Grace Isu-Gekpe, and some management staff of the
ministry, said at least 180 foreign delegates, including 26 Tourism Ministers
from Africa and the entire secretariat of the UNWTO, have confirmed their
participation at the three-day event.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
Pix1: Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (left), and the Conference and Event Manager of Transcorp Hotel Hilton, Abuja, Mrs. Mary Nwoye, when the Minister inspected the venue of the 61st Meeting of the UN World Tourism Organisation Commission for Africa taking place in Abuja 4-6 June 2018....on Friday.
Pix2: Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (right), and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Deaconess Grace Isu-Gekpe, when the Minister inspected the venue of the 61st Meeting of the UN World Tourism Organisation Commission for Africa in Abuja 4-6 June 2018.... on Friday.
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