Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), the umbrella body of all the private sector tourism and tourism related businesses in Nigeria has called on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)Administration for the implementation of tourism master plan.
Making the call in Abuja, president of the association, Alhaji Rabo Saleh, noted that the full implementation of the master plan would definitely make the FCT one of the states to reckon with in the tourism industry.
He stated that in order to actualise a speedy economic recovery plan, the private sector must be fully involved.
Saleh revealed that 80 percent of all tourism and tourism related businesses that provide over 30,000 jobs in the FCT are private sector driven, while noting that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has left the world economy in a devastating state, hence the need for diversification of the economy.
He called on the administration for public, private sector collaboration to develop domestic tourism sites like the Jabi Lake, Parks, and Katampe Hills, aimed at promoting tourism in the territory.
Responding, FCT minister of state, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, acknowledged the potential of the tourism sector in the area of job creation and lifting millions out of poverty in line with the presidential deliverables.
The minister who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant on Administration and Strategy, Professor Muhammad Usman, informed members of the association that the Abuja master plan was not cast on stone, stressing the need to review the FCT tourism master plan,
