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NIHOTOUR Takes over Catering School Lagos By Justina Okpanku Nigerian Catering Schools have been handed over to the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), to enhance coordination in tourism education, training and research activities. The four catering schools, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism would become sub-campuses of NIHOTOUR, designed to cater for the six geo-political zones. Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ambassador Franklin Ogbuewu, while performing the handover ceremony recently, said the re-structuring is important, to prepare the future leaders for a rapidly evolving tourism industry. He said "NIHOTOUR, as apex tourism training institute has not fully discharged its responsibilities, due to lack of focus and vision of past administrations". Ogbuewu, who described NIHOTOUR management as dynamic and resourceful, said shortage of skilled and trained manpower in the tourism sector would be improved, to enable the industry contribute its quota to the economy. He said the re-structuring also called for staff review, to ensure that competent and professionally qualified staff are retained. NIHOTOUR Director General, Mr DanZaria Kedeng, who is billed to visit one of the old catering schools in Lagos today, said" the handing over of the catering schools would facilitate greater performance in manpower training". NIHOTOUR, first of its kind in the West African sub-region, is set up to cope with the needs of the industry at various levels in the field of hospitality and tourism studies. The institute is anchored on a United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP), as a result of the growing needs for an upgraded professional training, to prepare students for International Air Transport Association (IATA) and UFTAA. It has the mandate to ensure travel agents, hotel and tour operators among others in the sub-region pass through quality training. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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