Akwa Ibom state government has signed a memoradum of understanding with Standard Organisation of Nigeria and Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria to ensure standard and sanity in hospitality industry in the state.
“We are in a state where we believe that everything must have a standard. Akwa Ibom is one of the states that generates internal revenue starting from Ibom Air because when you pay to Ibom Air , you are paying to the state government. We are very interested in how to grow tourism industry as Ibom Air is expanding.
He lauded the Chairman Akwa Ibom State Tourism and Hotels Management Board, Obong Ini Akpabio for bringing ingenuity and ideas that will reposition tourism sector to a global standard The DG of SON, Salim, who represented the organisation in the MoU, noted that tourism and hospitality sector has become the fastest growing industry but lacking quality services that meet International standard .
Salim, who was represented in the MoU execution by Nyado recalled that hospitality stakeholders worked with SON on technical and National Mirror Committees to produced standardization deliverables for the sector.