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  • 2022 Gastronomy Day: Nigerian Jollof rice to take centre stage as Chinese, Spanish, Ethiopia exhibit local cuisines

    2022 Gastronomy Day: Nigerian Jollof rice to take centre stage as Chinese, Spanish, Ethiopia exhibit local cuisines

    By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

    The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) has said that preparations are in top gear to host the 2022 World Sustainable Gastronomy Day coming up on Saturday, 18th June 2022 in Abuja at the International Conference Centre, Abuja as the Nigerian Jollof Rice takes center stage while Chinese, Spanish, Ethiopia and other countries would be on display thier local cuisines.
    In a press release signed by Ahmed Sule,
    Director Media/ PR of the Institute made available to Daybreak today the Director General of NIHOTOUR , Nura Kangiwa made this known in his office in Abuja.
    Kangiwa while highlighting expected activities of the event stated that the event will feature exhibition of indigenous cuisines fr by Nigerian caterers who will display their best dishes from the six geopolitical zones of the country in addition to dishes from China, Spain and Ethiopia for guests and visitors to taste.
    The DG further disclosed that personalities who have distinguished themselves by contributing to the education, skill acquisition and professional practice in the Travel Tourism and,. Hospitality sector of the country will also be honored with Fellowship Award.
    Meanwhile, Kangiwa hinted that to spice the celebration Cooking and Essay writing competition would be part of the event and winners would be award with prices
    Good Gastronomy is a cultural e xpression of nations by their food choices like the sources of ingredients used in preparat
    Nigerian jollof rice which would hopefully take over the global Gastronomy celebration.

  • Emir of Argungu, Osolo of Isolo, others tipped for NIHOTOUR Fellowship Award

    Emir of Argungu, Osolo of Isolo, others tipped for NIHOTOUR Fellowship Award

    By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

    The Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammad Mera, the Osolo of Isolo, Oba Kabiru Alakija Agbabiaka and Chairman Board of Trustees, Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) , Chief Samuel Alabi have been tipped for the Fellowship of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) Award at the World Sustainable Gastronomy Day Celebration scheduled to hold on Saturday, 18th June, 2022 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

    Other recipients for the NIHOTOUR Fellowship Award are Chief Godfrey Kio Jaja Amachree, Dr. Mrs. Ifeoma Adaora Anyanwutakura, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.

    Director General of NIHOTOUR, Nura Sani Kangiwa in a statement issued in Abuja said that the awardees were tipped for the Fellowship Awards due to their enormous contributions to the promotion, growth and development of the Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry of the country in their respective domains.
    Their contributions in the sector has distinguished them as pioneers and pace setters in lifting the industry to greater heights, Kangiwa said.

    ln a statement signed by NIHOTOUR Director , Media & Public Relations, Ahmed Sule the Fellowship Award was instituted as the highest honour by the Institute on individuals who have distinguished themselves and contributed greatly to the education, skill acquisition and enhanced professional practices of professionals in the Travel Tourism and Hospitality sector of the country.

    Meanwhile, the Cooking and Essay Competitions for students of Tourism, Cookery and Catering studies in Secondary and Tertiary schools in the country instituted by NIHOTOUR to mark this year’s Sustainable World Gastronomy Day has commenced with participants slugging it out at the first round of the Cooking Competition held in Abuja.

    Speaking further on the two competitions, the DG explained that the cooking competition is to inculcate the high ethics of culinary practice amongst students of culinary and hospitality schools as well as to promote the culture of Nigerian culinary in the upcoming generation of youths for a sustainable national and cultural gastronomy of Nigeria.
    “The Essay Writing Competition is to instill the love for and practice of tourism as a profession and means of spending leisure time amongst the youths in their early stage of growth, ‘what can best be termed as catching them young.”

    The 2022 Sustainable World Gastronomy Day billed for 18th June, 2022 will be hosted by NIHOTOUR with participation and guests expected from practitioners, critical stakeholders of the Travel Tourism and Hospitality sector of both public and private sector organizations, the academia as well as foreign missions and embassies in the country.

    According to hospitality agency countries like the Peoples Republic of China, Spain, Ethiopia and others would participate at Gastronomy event while visitors and guests would have the opportunity to taste the varieties of local, international and continental cuisines showcased by participating countries.

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

    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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  • Kangiwa Clinches Travellers Award

    Kangiwa Clinches Travellers Award

    … NIHOTOUR to host Naija Food event

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, Nura Kangiwa has been named Winner of the 2022 Travellers Award by Jabamah Tourism Event.

    Kangiwa was presented with the letter by Amb. ikechi Uko, publisher of Artqnews in his office in Abuja.

    Amb. Uko who congratulated Kangiwa said that the Award was in recognition of his dogged pursuit and perseverance in manpower and capacity training and development of personnel in the travel tourism and hospitality industry of the country which has impacted significantly in quality service delivery in the sector.
    Kangiwa who expressed his happiness and thanked organizers of the event for the award, adding that the gesture would spur him to do much more in the industry by producing more skilled and trained personnel to service the industry.

    He also promised the Institute’s support for the 2022 Jabamah event scheduled to hold in Abuja from 11th to 12th March, 2022 with the hosting of the Naija Foods by NIHOTOUR, as side attraction for visitors, guests and participants to savour a variety of Nigerian best dishes.

    Uko said that JABAMAH, a Tourism Event planner said that the 2022 Naija Food event is coming up in Abuja from 11th to 12th March , 2022.

    He explained that the Travel Bleisure event in Nigeria is a Nobel concept being brought into the country’s travel tourism market place by the organizers that seeks to have a serene business environment laced with leisure activities, thus the name Bleisure.

    At the Business Tourism Event NIHOTOUR’s best chef will thrill guests to sumptuous and tasty Naija Foods, Kangiwa promised To.

  • Kangiwa Pledges to Extend Training to Support Tourism Institutions

    Kangiwa Pledges to Extend Training to Support Tourism Institutions

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    The Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism , NIHOTOUR, Nura Sani Kangiwa has pledged to support tourism institutions across the country with training for capacity development.

    Kangiwa disclosed this when the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mkar, Gboko Benue State, Prof. Zacharys Anger Gundu paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the Institute in Abuja yesterday.
    He said that partnerships and collaborations the Institute entered with all tourism Institutes and organizations are based on training to enhance capacity building and professional upgrade of practitioners in the industry and not meant to abrogate its responsibilities of certification, registration and licensing of industry personnel and practices in the sector to any other outfit or organization.

    The DG refuted misconceptions that partnership between NIHOTOUR and the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria ,ITPN, which consists registration, licensing and certification of professional practices in the industry as untrue and a misrepresentation of what the partnership entails, noting that the partnership is a healthy one meant to train NIHOTOUR staff in its campuses across the country as well as Career Guide Training for youths at the 2022 Tourism Transportation Summit and Expo of ITPN.
    He stressed that as Coordinator of the Hospitality and Tourism Sector Skills Council of Nigeria, Registration and Certification of professional personnel and practices in the industry is the prerogative of the institute and the custodian of the Database of professional practitioners of the industry in the country.

    Prof. Zacharys Anger Gundu, Vice Chancellor of University of Mkar, Gboko – Benue State said the need for the University to have a vibrant Travel Tourism and Hospitality Department necessitated the partnership with NIHOTOUR, saying that the visit was to consolidate on the Memorandum of Understanding between the University and the Institute.

    Prof. Gundu who stressed the relevance of the tourism industry in the economic diversification of the Nigerian economy, said Benue state in particular is highly endowed with tourism potentials that requires the professional services of skilled middle and high level manpower to explore the potentials for the socio-economic benefits of Benue State in particular, Nigeria at large.

  • NIHOTOUR committed to training to support Grass Roots Tourism – Kangiwa

    NIHOTOUR committed to training to support Grass Roots Tourism – Kangiwa

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa has reiterated the Institute’s commitment training to promoting to support Grass Roots Tourism development.

    Kangiwa disclosed this when the Chairperson of Epe Local Government Area of Lagos stat Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun led her team on a visit to the NIHOTOUR headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
    He said that as part of its human capacity training and development mandate, NIHOTOUR is willing to partner with the Local government in the training of youths of the Council Area in artistry skills in travel-tourism and hospitality related trades.”

    The DG disclosed that in line with the Institute’s mandate it is providing training for youths and women across the country, as an antidote for unemployment and youth restiveness such as skill acquisition trainings that create job opportunities.
    Training he also pointed is a platform for youths to be gainfully and usefully engaged in the travel tourism and hospitality industry trades and by extension, for the good of the society.

    Kangiwa commended the efforts of the Epe Council area in promoting the eco-tourism in Lagos State and emphasized that the hospitality agency is prepared to collaborate and offer support in the area of manpower training needed to drive the tourism activities of the council area.

    Epe Councilor, Princess Surah Animashaun explained that the courtesy visit to NIHOTOUR to explore areas of collaboration with the Institute in efforts to promote the tourism potentials of the local government and tap from the economic benefits of the industry.

    She then solicited for support of the Institute in empowering youths and women of the council area in the various travel-tourism and hospitality trade.

  • NIHOUTOUR DG Kangiwa bags HATMAN Fellowship Award

    NIHOUTOUR DG Kangiwa bags HATMAN Fellowship Award

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    The National Institute of Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, Director General, Alhaji Nuts Sani Kangiwa has bagged the Honorary Fellowship of the Association HATMAN.
    The award was presented to Kangiwa by National President HATMAN, ,Ataru Samson at the NIHOTOUR headquarters in Abuja yesterday.
    This is contained in a press release signed by NIHOTOUR , Media and Public Relations Director, Ahmed Sule , made available to Daybreak.

    Ataru said that the Kangiwa’s award with the Honorary Fellow of the Association was influenced by his numerous contributions into the nation’s hospitality and travel-tourism industry.

    Aturu stressed that Kangiwa has injected his wealth of experience into NIHOTOUR by repositioning it for better performance in the delivery of capacity building and professional competence upgrade and quality service delivery in the industry.
    National Deputy President of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), Alhaji Badaki Aliyu who presented the HATMAN Fellowship Award Plaque to the Director General said that the hospitality and travel-tourism industry of Nigeria will not forget his contribution to the tourism and hospitality industry.

    He further urged him not to relent in the discharge of his duties in the promotion of capacity building and professional upgrade of practitioners in the country’s hospitality and travel-tourism industry.
    He noted that the sector needs to achieve greater heights and position the industry for better economic growth of Nigeria.
    Kangiwa while accepting the award expressed gratitude for the award and promised to take the industry to greater heights .

    The awardee solicited for more support and cooperation from key players and stakeholders in the industry.

  • MoU between NIHOTOUR, NBS would close data gap in hospitality sector- Kangiwa

    MoU between NIHOTOUR, NBS would close data gap in hospitality sector- Kangiwa

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    The Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Nura Sani Kangiwa has stated that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Institute and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) would close the existing data-gap in the hospitality and tourism industry of the country.

    Kangiwa noted the agreement will further deepen statistical development of sectoral databank necessary for planning within the sector.

    Kangiwa who stated this in Abuja during the signing ceremony of the MOU with the NBS stressed that Statistics are critical to research, national planning, sound policy development and informed business decisions.
    He disclosed that data is key to research which is an integral part of NIHOTOUR’s mandate.

    In view of this he said that it is imperative to seek partnership with NBS as an exclusive agency.
    He said for NIHOTOUR to effectively carry out its mandate as a research and allied institution saddled with the responsibility of training of manpower needs in the Hospitality and Tourism industry as well as Coordinator of the Sector Skill Council in Nigeria, the Institute has established a vibrant Research and Development Unit to conduct industry-based research and generate data for the use of the industry, adding that partnership with NBS will fast-track the duties and functions of the agency.

    Furthermore, Kangiwa called for better synergy, cooperation and understanding in the successful implementation of the agreement for the benefit of the two agencies for effective discharge of their mandates, and for the socio-economic benefits of the country in general.
    The Statistician General of the Federation, Dr. Simon B. Harry, reiterated the relevance of data in policy formulation and implementation for national growth and development, assuring that NBS is prepared to work assiduously with NIHOTOUR in its efforts at addressing the dearth of accurate data in the nation’s hospitality and tourism industry.

    Dr. Harry who observed that the absence of accurate data has been the bane for the abysmal performance of sectoral industrial growth and development, further noted that figures and information gathered cannot be said to be usable data until they are found to be accurate, verifiable, accessible, and available for user needs which essentially is what the Bureau intends to achieve for all sectors of the country.

    He then stated that the partnership between the Bureau and NIHOTOUR is a welcome development, adding that he looks forward for more of such partnerships with other Ministries, Agencies and Departments in the public sector as well as the Organized Private Sector for the general and overall growth and development of the country.

  • NIHOTOUR DG Kangiwa charges 500 matriculating students on discipline, academic pursuits

    NIHOTOUR DG Kangiwa charges 500 matriculating students on discipline, academic pursuits

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, Nura Sani Kangiwa has charged the 500 newly matriculating students of the institute to be obedient to constituted authorities and to remain law abiding with strict adherence of the tenets of the Institute.
    This was contained in a press release signed by Director Media and Public Relations of NIHOTOUR, Ahmed Mohammed Sule, made available to Daybreak today.
    In the statement Kangiwa gave this charge during the Matriculation Ceremony of Students of the Institute for the 2020/2021 Academic Session in Abuja and other eight campuses across the country via Zoom streaming, said the students should see themselves lucky in coming to NIHOTOUR for career proficiency and development in the Nigerian Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry.
    The Director General who was represented by Director, Research and Development/ General Studies of the Institute, Dr. Taiwo Famigbiyele noted that the Institute has since inception been offering robust Course Programs for personnel in the Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry of the country, assured the matriculating students of the support of the Institute in ensuring that the students attain both their personal and organizational goals in the upgrade of their professional competence and status for better service delivery in their work places within the industry.
    The DG also reiterated the institutes commitment to turn out skilled, motivated and well-equipped graduates that will be instrumental and involved in bringing about the desired change of filling the skill-gap in the industry and ensure better quality service delivery in line with global best practices.

    The Guest lecturer of the occasion Mr. Nkereuwem Onung and National President of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria , FTAN, called for the reinforcement and job assurances in the labour market as well as within the operations of the industry by government and employers to mitigate the negative impacts and effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry which has resulted in job losses and dwindling of businesses of stakeholders and investors.
    Onung applauded the efforts of NIHOTOUR for continuously engaging operators and professional practitioners in the industry for better service delivery through training and re-training, noting that without the requisite skilled manpower, better quality service delivery as needed by customers and tourists in the industry will be a mere mirage.

    He emphazied the socio-economic importance of the Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry in enhancing the country’s GDP as well as job creation and employment provision opportunities for the teeming youths in the country.

    According to the statement the Matriculation Ceremony which was attended by stakeholders in the industry, Government functionaries, staff and students of the Institute, has a total of Five Hundred Students for the 2020/2021 Academic Year across the Nine Campuses of the Institute namely, Abuja, Enugu, Bauchi, Lagos, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Oshogbo and Kano.

  • Kangiwa urges teachers to venture into tourism

    Kangiwa urges teachers to venture into tourism

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa has urged secondary school teachers  to venture into tourism as a career which is a multidimensional industry.

    Kangiwa who made the called at the opening ceremony of the second phase of ‘Train the Trainer’ program organized by the Institute for secondary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, said tourism as a multifaceted skill enterprise offers lots of opportunities for those willing to delve into it as either entrepreneurs or career teachers and trainers in tourism subjects.

    Represented at the occasion by Dr. Taiwo Famogbiyele, Director Research and Development of the Institute, Kangiwa noted further that the tourism subsectors offer such entrepreneurial skills and business opportunities as Tour Guiding, Tour Operations, Travel Agency Operations, Cabin Crew, Gardens Operations, Events Management, Recreational Management Centres, Hospitality Management, Pastry and Cookery amongst a host of others, saying that one can also take up teaching career in the afore-mentioned tourism subsectors in both secondary and tertiary institutions as instructors and lecturers.

    He commended  the participants for choosing  the training within the Federal Capital Territory and  advised them to make judicious use of the knowledge and skills they will acquire to impact positively in improving the lots of the Nigerian Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry.

    Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Edwin Enenta, Head of Department of the Travel Tourism Department of the Institute called on the trainees to remain focused and resilient in their chosen career as teachers of tourism subject in the schools so as to adequately nurture a generation of tourism enthusiasts and professional practitioners for the Nigerian tourism industry.

    It would be recalled that the first phase of Train the Trainer program by the Institute began in September 2020 in its quest to advance the frontiers of tourism training and education in the country. 

    The hospitality agency initiated the teaching of tourism to teachers teaching tourism in secondary schools  to support and enhance their skills and competency.

    This initiative the agency said is  further justified by the inclusion of tourism into the secondary school curriculum and as a WAEC examination subject.