Creative Industry
NIHOTOUR, SunTrust Bank To Partner On E-Commercial Beneficials To Hospitality, Tourism Sector
NIHOTOUR, SunTrust Bank To Partner On E-Commercial Beneficials To Hospitality, Tourism Sector
Joel Ajayi
The Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa said, as a capacity building and training provider in the Nigerian Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry, the Institute is committed to taking the industry to same pedestal with countries of East Africa in high level tourism and hospitality operations, growth and performance.
Nura Kangiwa who stated this when Management of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited led by the Managing Director, Halima Buba paid the Director General a courtesy visit at the NIHOTOUR headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, noted that the Nigerian Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry is in dire need of collaboration from lined-sector and critical players like the banking industry to move the industry out of the woods.
While stating that the value chain in the Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry is so vast that if adequately explored, has the potential to create jobs, generate revenue into the national coffers and ameliorate the scourge of poverty in the country, expressed delight that the SunTrust Bank has shown interest and passion to bring its value services into the industry, particularly in the deployment of electronic and website commerce and financial transactions.
He expressed happiness and confidence that SunTrust Bank’s partnership with NIHOTOUR will bring value in the discharge of the Institute’s core mandates and vision-objectives and by extension, contribute to the growth and development to the Nigerian Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry.
Earlier in her speech, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited, Halima Buba said her bank recognized the importance and economic value of the Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry and the bank is willing to venture into the sector with the objective of bringing financial and banking values to effect the desired change in lifting the industry to a higher level.
She noted that modern business operations require the application of digital technology which her bank is bringing to bear in the operational value chains of the Nigerian tourism industry.
While the technical staff of the bank gave detailed description on how the website platform would be deployed in the digital service operations in financial payments and collection of the Institute, the Director for Research and General Studies of NIHOTOUR, Dr. Taiwo Famogbiyele sought the bank to extend its services to assisting graduates of the Institute’s vocational skill programs in seed funding to start businesses of their own; undertake promotional and corporate branding of the bank at NIHOTOUR programs and functions, as well as the deployment of the banks facilities for e-learning of the Institute’s Course Programs nationwide
Creative Industry
Musawa Highlights Art and Culture as Drivers of Public Sector Excellence at Legislative Mentorship Session
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., has emphasized the importance of integrating art and culture into public-sector excellence in Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the SA Media & Publicity, Office of the Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Phd.
Musawa made this known while addressing trainees at the 4th Legislative Mentorship Initiative (LMI), held at the National Institute For Legislative and Democratic Studies, Abuja on Thursday.
Themed ‘Building the next generation of Public Sector Leaders’, Minister Musawa highlighted art and culture as essential tools for national cohesion and identity, economic development and job creation, innovation and civic engagement, sustainable development, and projecting Nigeria’s soft power and global identity.
She noted that Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage is a unifying force that binds different ethnicities and elaborated on how Art and Culture is key to public-sector excellence in Nigeria.
“First, embracing and promoting art and culture helps to forge national cohesion and shared identity among Nigeria’s diverse populations. Integrating culture into public policy and governance transforms the creative and cultural sectors into engines of economic development, job creation and diversification. Cultural industries including crafts, music, film, design, heritage tourism can generate livelihoods, attract investment, expand exports, and reduce overreliance on a narrow set of economic activities.
“A society that values creativity and cultural expression tends to produce more resourceful citizens, fosters cross-cultural dialogue, and encourages public servants to be more adaptive, empathetic, and culturally aware while prioritizing culture and creative economy in public policy through frameworks, institutions, and infrastructure, demonstrates long-term vision and commitment to sustainable development,” Musawa said.
The Minister called for supportive policies, enabling legislation, and sustained commitment to fulfill this vision, including laws that protect intellectual property, incentivize investment in creative infrastructure, and integrate arts and culture into education and community development.
“Embedding art and culture at the heart of governance and public-sector planning is not a luxury, it is a necessity. It builds unity, drives economic growth, fosters innovation, strengthens institutions, and ensures that development respects and reflects the soul of the nation,” she emphasized.
Musawa thanked the founder of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative (LMI), Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his inspiring vision and unwavering commitment to cultivating Nigeria’s future public-service leaders.
Other speakers at the Legislative Mentorship Initiative include the Director General, Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization Aisha Augie, Nigerian photo-journalist and documentary photographer Bayo Omoboriowo, Amb. Dapo Oyewole, Secretary-General Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures amongst others.
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