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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • NIHOTOUR DG calls for Training in hospitality industry

    NIHOTOUR DG calls for Training in hospitality industry

    By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

    Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa has called for continuous training of practitioners in the hospitality industry as a way of upgrading the industry for quality service delivery and profit maximization.

    Kangiwa who made the statement through Ahmed Mohammed Sule, Head of Media and Public Relations Unit of the Institute at the Certificate Award ceremony of staff of Bristol Hotel who recently graduated from the Baguda – Kano Campus of the Institute and the conferment of the Fellowship of the Institute on the Chairman of the hotel Senator Mohammed Ibrahim Ida for his contributions to hospitality education.

    The Director General noted that NIHOTOUR has trained to international standard staff of Bristol Palace Hotel and urged the trainees to put in their very best from the knowledge and skills they acquired to make Bristol Palace Hotel a unique hospitality outfit not only in Nigeria but globally.

    General Manager of Bristol Palace Hotel, Mr. Paul… noted that the new trainees are better prepared to put in their very best in offering quality services to guests of the hotel.

    He appreciated NIHOTOUR for training staff of the hotel on best global hospitality skills.

    Over 45 staff of the hotel received their certificates of training.