…to unlock Nigeria’s global opportunities- Odusanwo
By Joyce Remi- Babayeju
54 African countries would converge in Abuja city for the 4th National Transportation Tourism Summit and Expo to unlock Nigeria’s global opportunities.
President of the International Transportation Tourism Summit and Expo, Chief Abiodun Odusanwo said that the 2021 transport expo which is slated for the 15th and 16th of November is aimed at connecting tourism and transportation at both the public and private sector.
According to Odusanwo the Summit which is organized by the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Tourism, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Federal Ministry of Aviation as an annual event that focusses attention on the and connectivity between tourism and transportation at both public and private sector with the benefits of synergizing the two sectors.
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The fourth edition of the Summit and Expo for the year 2021 is slated up for 15th to 16th of November, 2021 at the International Conference Centre Abuja with the theme: TOURISM TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY: Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Regime for Economic Sustainability.
According to a press release made available to Daybreak, the Summit
is derived from the AfCFTA trade agreement which is a common market to grow trade in ‘made-in-Africa’ goods and services by reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade among African countries.
Organizers say that the AfCFTA is a common market for 54 African countries with a population of 1.2 billion people which has a combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than US $3.4 trillion.
The Summit and Expo would offer a platform for public and private sector stakeholders, producers and consumers in Nigeria and the African Continent to come together, share ideas, experiences, exchange knowledge and showcase their skills in the growth, development and promotion of the nation’s economic endowments.
It is expected that the Tourism and Transportation sectors of Nigeria will open a new page in Africa’s cross boundary trade for the good of the country and the continent
as a whole, Odusanwo emphazied.
He noted that Tourism is a key sector for Nigeria’s economic diversification with transportation as a reliable means to make this a reality.
