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NIHOTOUR, Awori Tourism Board sign MoU on training
By Dada Jackson
The Awori Tourism Board says all is set for the take-off of a tourism training institute designed to encourage youth involvement, provide employment opportunities and ensure provision of optimum service delivery in the hospitality industry.
The Chairman, Awori Tourism Board, Prince Femi Fadina, stated this in Ota, Ogun State, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR).
Fadina noted that the signing of the MoU birthed the establishment of the first Tourism Training Institute in South-West so as to train many youths in the country on tourism and hospitality.
He pointed out that the board was prepared to change the trend of neglect of youths in the involvement of the sector, saying that it was imperative to co-opt youths in such a giant stride, so as to procure job opportunities for the teeming youths.
He disclosed that the first in line of the institute would take off in Ota with more coming up in other South-West states, adding that graduates of the school would be awarded the National Diploma and the Higher National Diploma certificate in Tourism.
He added that it would accord them the opportunity to pursue education and training up to the PhD in Tourism, stressing that the institute would offer premium and standard teaching and learning opportunities, as only the best brains would be engaged to train prospective students.
In their separate remarks, Mrs Chinyere Uche-Ibeabuchi, Zonal Coordinator, Lagos Campus, NIHOTOUR and Senior Lecturer at NIHOTOUR, Ms. Ejike Ugochi, while expressing their delight at the collaboration, said that the institute had been specifically established to provide manpower training, research and capacity building for youths and personnel in the industry.
They urged youths to embrace the formal and professional training offered only in approved organisation such as the Awori Tourism Board Training Institute.
Present at the signing of the MoU were the Chairman, Awori Tourism Board, Prince Adetunji Fadina, Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN) Board of Trustee member, Frank Meke, Business Development Executive Awori Tourism, Mrs Ronke Matanmi, Ms. Ejike Catherine Ugochi, Senior Lecturer NIHOTOUR and Mrs. Chinyere Uche-Ibeabuchi, Zonal Coordinator, Lagos Campus, NIHOTOUR.
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Nigeria saves $20bn from subsidy removal – Finance Minister Edun
Nigeria saves $20bn from subsidy removal – Finance Minister Edun
Wale Edun, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has declared that the country has saved $20 billion by eliminating the petrol subsidy and adopting market-based foreign exchange pricing.
He made this disclosure at an event in Abuja marking the first 100 days in office of Esther Walso-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Edun stated, “When there was a subsidy on the PMS and on foreign exchange, they collectively cost five percent of the GDP.
“Assuming GDP was $400 billion on average, five percent of that is $20 billion—funds that could now go into infrastructure, health, social services, and education.”
He explained that the savings were being redirected into developmental projects. He said, “The real change is that no one can wake up and target cheap funding or forex from the central bank to enrich themselves without adding value. “Similarly, profiteering from the inefficient petrol subsidy regime is no longer possible.”
President Bola Tinubu officially ended the petrol subsidy regime on May 29, 2023.
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Crude-for-naira deal: NNPC fails to deliver agreed crude oil – Dangote refinery
Crude-for-naira deal: NNPC fails to deliver agreed crude oil – Dangote refinery
The Lagos-based mega Dangote refinery has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of failing to meet its crude oil supply obligations under the naira-for-crude agreement.
Edwin Devakumar, the Vice President of the Dangote Group, disclosed this in a statement reported by Reuters.
Devakumar explained that the national oil company had committed to supplying the refinery with a minimum of 385,000 barrels per day (bpd) under the crude-for-naira deal.
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However, he alleged that the NNPC is falling short of this commitment.
According to Reuters, Devakumar characterized the volume of crude currently supplied by NNPC Limited as “peanut,” though he did not specify the exact amount.
“We need 650,000 barrels per day, and NNPC Ltd agreed to supply a minimum of 385,000 bpd, but they are not even delivering that,” Devakumar stated.
Crude-for-naira deal: NNPC fails to deliver agreed crude oil – Dangote refinery
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Tinubu restructures media team, says no individual presidential spokesman
Tinubu restructures media team, says no individual presidential spokesman
President Bola Tinubu has reorganised his media team, re-designating the positions of his two recently appointed special advisers for media and communications.
This is contained in a statement released on Monday night by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategies, Bayo Onanuga.
He said Sunday Dare, the special adviser on public communication and national orientation, is now the special adviser on media and public communications.
Onanuga added that Daniel Bwala, announced last week as a special adviser on media and public communication, will now function as the special adviser on policy communication.
“These appointments, along with the existing role of special adviser, information and strategy, underscore that there is no single individual spokesperson for the presidency,” the statement read.
There had been some confusion as Onanuga, designated as special adviser on communication and strategy, had been the presidential spokesman since the exit of Ngelale Ajuri, who was special adviser on media and publicity.
However, on Monday, Bwala announced himself as the presidential spokesperson.
“Today, I resumed officially as the Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications/Spokesperson (State House). I am happy to have joined a meeting of the robust and fantastic communication team of Mr. President. I love the existing unity among the team and hope we can leverage on that even for more synergy,” he wrote on his X handle.
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