FCC Canvasses NIHOTOUR’s  Equitable Spread Across Six Geopolitical Zones

Members of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) has  urged management of the National Institute for Hospital and Tourism (NIHOTOUR)  to consider further spread of its 2022 programmes across the six geopolitical zones of the federation.

 

Members of the Commission made the appeal during working visit to the NIHOTOUR’s headquarters in Abuja .

 

 

Honourable members of the Federal Character Commission, led by Head of the Delegation, Professor Imuetiyan Festus were at NIHOOTUR head office to oversight on activities of the Institute on equitable and fair distribution of its skill acquisition and training services for Nigerian youths and women in the efforts to curb unemployment through job creation in the travel tourism and hospitality industry of the country.

 

According to a statement, the Commission’s delegation led by the Hon member  and Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Professor Imuetiyan, noted that efforts of the Institute in the fair distribution of its programmes and activities in the areas of training and youth empowerments in the 2021 budget are quite laudable.

 

 

He commended efforts of the Director General of the Institute, Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa at ensuring equitable spread of the Institute’s programmes and activities in the six geo-political zones of the country,

 

Kangiwa had earlier informed members of the Commission on oversight visit at the headquarters of NIHOTOUR that the Institute took cognizant of the need to equitably spread its programs and activities across the six geo-political zones,

 

He added that this explains the presence of the Institute’s training campuses in the zones and some additional  in some of the zones to meet up with high demands of its training services in travel tourism and hospitality sector of the zones.

 

 

The Director General said the activities of the Federal Character Commission in oversighting the fair and equitable distribution of government programs, projects and activities by MDAs that impact positively on the lives of the Nigerian citizens are quite commendable for the sake of achieving equal representation and share of government’s presence across the country.

 

 

He said the Institute has taken note of observations and appeal made by some members of the Commission of having NIHOTOUR’s training programs delivered to their states in the 2022 appropriations.

 

 

Caption:

Deputy Chairman of the Federal Character Commission Professor Festus  Imuetiyan, (Left) and the Director General, NIHOTOUR’, Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa during FCC oversight visit to the institute recently