Creative Industry

NIHOTOUR Partners Jabamah for Naija food At Bleisure event

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5 years ago

February 25, 2022

Publisher of Atqnews and Travellers Magazine, organizer of the National acclaimed tourism event, Jabamah, Amb. Ikechi Uko has presented letter of Winner of Travellers Award – Tourism CEO of the Year 2021 to Nura Kangiwa, Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) with the formal Award presentation billed for 11th March, 2022.

Making the presentation to Kangiwa at the headquarters of the Institute in Abuja, Amb. Uko congratulated Kangiwa saying it was a well-deserved honour for Kangiwa in view of his dogged pursuit and perseverance in manpower and capacity training and development of personnel in the travel tourism and hospitality industry of the country which has impacted significantly in quality service delivery in the sector.

Receiving the Award letter, Kangiwa expressed his happiness and thanked organizers of the event for finding him worthy and deserving of the award, promising that this gesture will spur him to do much more in fulfilling the yearnings of stakeholders and critical industry players for more skilled and trained personnel to service the industry.

NIHOTOUR promised the Institute’s support for the 2022 Jabamah event scheduled to hold in Abuja from 11th to 12th March, 2022 with the hosting of the Naija Foods by NIHOTOUR, as side attraction for visitors, guests and participants to savour a variety of Nigerian best dishes.

A flagship event of the 2022 Jabamah program captioned Bleisure comes alive which is set to resonate a loud bang in the social space of Nigeria travel tourism industry.

The Travel Bleisure event in Nigeria is a Nobel concept being brought into the country’s travel tourism market place by the organizers that seeks to have a serene business environment laced with leisure activities says Amb Ikechi Uko, thus the name Bleisure.

The Business Tourism Event is loaded with fun activities that promises to be leisure fulfilling as NIHOTOUR’s best chef will thrill guests to sumptuous and tasty Naija Foods, including the Award of Certificates to winners of the Atqnews and Travellers Magazine 2021 Award for the Nigerian travel tourism and hospitality industry. )

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FG Backs MyCityApp Launch of 100-Day Tourism Calendar to Drive $100bn Economic Growth

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2 weeks ago

September 15, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Federal Government has thrown its weight behind the launch of MyCityApp, a Nigerian city discovery and tourism platform designed to aggregate festivals, concerts, cultural events and lifestyle experiences into a single digital calendar.

The platform, which flags off the 100-Day Tourism Calendar, was unveiled on Monday at the Ember2Remember National Stakeholders’ Conference in Victoria Island, Lagos, with the initiative targeting Nigeria’s estimated $100 billion tourism and creative economy opportunity.

In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Media and Publicity Adviser to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the ministry said the conference was aimed at mobilising public and private stakeholders to transform the September-to-December festive period into jobs, investment and economic growth.

Speaking at the unveiling, the Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, said millions of visitors travel across Nigeria every year to celebrate, reconnect and experience the country’s diverse culture, stressing that the festive season could be deliberately organised and monetised to strengthen tourism’s contribution to the economy.

“This initiative is about moving beyond the traditional concept of a festive season. It is about deliberately organising, packaging, promoting, and monetising one of the most economically active periods in our national calendar,” Musawa said.

She noted that every visitor generates economic activity across several sectors, including aviation, transportation, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment, retail, technology, artisans and local communities.

The Minister commended MyCityApp Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Chukwu, for her vision and commitment to the initiative.

She urged state governments, event organisers, tourism operators, hospitality businesses and other stakeholders to list their festivals, concerts, exhibitions, food experiences, cultural celebrations, fashion and sporting events on the national calendar.

Musawa said the platform would enable Nigerians, members of the diaspora and international visitors to discover tourism and entertainment experiences across the country from a single, credible source.

Earlier, Chukwu said Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and creative sector provided enormous opportunities for tourism-driven economic growth.

She cited the contributions of tourism to the economies of countries such as Spain, France and the United States, arguing that Nigeria could equally build a $100 billion tourism economy.

Also present were Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Toke Benson-Awoyinka; Enugu State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke; NCAC Director-General, Obi Asika; National Gallery of Art Director-General, Ahmed Sodangi; ARCON Director-General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo; and MTN Nigeria CEO, Dr Karl Toriola.

MyLagosApp and MyCityApp will serve as the digital engines of the calendar, distributing events through a 360-degree media ecosystem to audiences in Nigeria and the diaspora.

Stakeholders were encouraged to upload their events on MyCityApp to participate in the national tourism calendar urging them to upload events on http://www.MyCityApp.io.

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