Edited by Frank Meke
Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Engineer muazu jaji Sambo will today, flag off activities to celebrate World Maritime Day in lagos. The theme of the 2022 outing is Greener shipping, devoted to engaging sustainable environmental conservation on nigeria’s vast blue and brown water economies.
** Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria, flagged a Rethinking Tourism strategy on Tuesday in lagos, scaling the frontiers of years of neglect of cultural tourism by government and taking charge to birth new pathways. From Takwa Bay Beach to Eko Hotel, where the Federation, honoured lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-0lu, Nura Sani Kangiwa of National Institute For Hospitality and Tourism, and Mrs Margaret fabiyi, founder President of Women in Tourism, ftan convincingly left no one in doubt, that time has come for the private tourism sector to be accorded the true support needed to change the Nigerian tourism narrative.
** Creative Niaja Radio, will unveil a Public Service Certification Award, inaugurated to recognise and document the contributions of Nigerians working silently and behind the scene in all areas of the Creative cultural tourism landscape and also, of strategic enablers, building bridges across multilateral economies, hitherto unknown to be catalyst for national tourism development. Don’t expect big names, surely we shall do justice but our target is to unveil fresh faces, the future drivers of the new Nigeria tourism heritage. It shall be a monthly affair, few faces at time.
** World Anti Doping Agency, under pressure by sports stakeholders to review certain policies on use of recreational subtances, say it frowns at the use of cannabis ( igbo) by athletes. The ban of cannabis , tagged as recreational drug, has pitched the global sports anti drug body against sports buffs, who felt the ban should be lifted. What do we say here in Nigeria? Let us talk sports
Nigeria’s ministry of Aviation, says Nigeria Sovereign investment Authority is not an investor in Nigeria Air. The Nigerian Airline, unveiled Ethiopian Airline, as it preferred bidder with a 45 percent stake, after lots of controversies, surrounding its birth and ownership structure.
**Nigeria’s five hundred official indigenous tongues, out 950, still unaccounted, have been described as a political and economic asset. Professor Francis Egbokhare, chairman governing Council, National Institute for Nigerian languages, says the indigenous tongues, should be strategically factored to strengthen the country’s diversity.
Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, says federal government will respond with new security architecture for railways services nation wide. He however decried the high cost of diesel which has impacted on deployment of railways services across the country.
** over 50 billion dollars has gained the pockets of YouTube content creators, artists and media companies in the past three years. Susan wojcicki, chief executive officer of the video streaming giant says the 50 billion dollars it paid content providers, has changed the lives of people around the world and brought up new voices to tell different stories, adding that YouTube will do more.
