By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa has said that the Creative Art Industry is a vibrant sub sector that is key to the Tourism secto
Kangiwa who made this observation when he played host to the Most Beautiful face of the Southern Nigeria, Miss Uwah Edidiong Ezekiel when she visited his office.
He called for support and collaboration for the Creative Art Industry by relevant institutions in the public and private sectors for development of the sector.
This was contained in a press release signed by Ahmed Sule, Deputy Director, Media and Public Relations of NIHOTOUR and made available to Daybreak today.He noted that the beauty pageant industry is part of the Creative Arts that offers youths the platform to showcase their talents in a variety of ways that make them functional citizens contributing their quota for the progress and development of the country.
He said NIHOTOUR as the apex public sector institution saddled with the responsibility of capacity building and offering skilled training of different grades and cadres in the country’s hospitality and travel-tourism industry is willing to support and collaborate with Miss Uwah Ezekiel to participate at all levels of beauty contests both at home and abroad and succeed as well as achieve her dream goal of becoming the most beautiful beauty pageant worldwide.
The DG promised that NIHOTOUR will endorse the beauty queen in her bids and solicit for her the goodwill and financial wherewithal to pursue her career in local and global contests for the coveted crown of either the most beautiful face, most beautiful girl, etc. from public and private sector organizations, individuals and corporate bodies.
Miss Uwah Edidiong an indigene of Akwa Ibom state who is the current Most Beautiful Face Southern Nigeria 2020 which she won in Lagos, September 2020, said she was at NIHOTOUR to seek for the support and collaboration of the Director General in her contest for Ms. International World 2021 Crown back to Nigeria as well as to request him to serve as the Patron of her organization under the auspices of the Most Beautiful Face of Southern Nigeria in view of his pedigree of philanthropic gestures and outstanding contributions to humanity.
Miss Edidiong said she sees her crown and office as a call to serve humanity with the clear vision to rebrand the dented and lost image of beauty pageants and to share in the vision of societal growth through the offering of aids and assistance to orphanage homes, the less privileged in the society as well as in skill acquisitions in various trades and professions, especially of the programs and Courses offered by NIHOTOUR.
