NIHOTOUR, Canada to Partner in job Placements in Canada for Nigerians in Hospitality Industry

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) has sought the support of the Canadian High Commission for job placement in Canada for Nigerian professionals in the hospitality industry.

The Director General of NIHOTOUR , Nura Sani Kangiwa made this request when a delegation of the Canadian High Commission in Nigeria led by Marjorie Lubin, Counsellor for Migration of the Commission paid him a visit in his office in Abuja.

Kangiwa expressed the readiness of the Institute to partner with the Canadian High Commission in skill acquisition training, manpower development as well as job placement opportunity for Nigerian professionals in hospitality and tourism trades willing to take up employment in Canada.
He stated that the Institute has produced some of the best crops of professionals currently engaged in quality service delivery at all levels and sub sectors of the industry.
Kangiwa said that the institute is a citadel of skill acquisition, capacity development and a job creating avenue for professional practice in tourism and hospitality industry to be reckoned with globally.

Lubin said her team was at the NIHOTOUR Headquarters to solicit for the support and collaboration of the Institute in the Commission’s efforts at helping Nigerian migrants secure available job opportunities in the hospitality and tourism industry in Canada.
She explained that the Commission’s choice of NIHOTOUR for collaboration was informed by the Institute’s enviable record of performance as a reputable Federal Agency in the provision of high quality Skill Acquisition Training in hospitality and tourism trades of global reckoning.
Lubin stated that quite a number of reputable and recognized organizations exist in Canada that have approached the Commission seeking for the services of highly trained and skilled Nigerian personnel in hospitality and tourism trades.
She said that the Commission believes NIHOTOUR is the best contact point in the country to offer the search services for such professionals in the industry especially as the custodian and coordinator of the Hospitality and Tourism Sector Skills Council of Nigeria.
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