We Have Trained Over One Hundred And Fifty Youth Across The Stete-Says Akinbile

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The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, said the Ministry  had already started implementing the Community Based Tourism, CBT, an aspect of the State's revised  Tourism Masterplan had trained one hundred and fifty youths to serve as tour guides. 

She  made this  known to newsman during a chat on Tuesday in her office Alawusa ikeja. 


Encouraging unemployed youths in Lagos to take advantage of opportunities available in the sector, Mrs Akinbile-Yussuf noted that they can go into arts and crafts, especially the production of items of cultural and aesthetics values, which can be purchased as souvenirs by continental and  international tourists coming into Lagos.


"The stakeholders' input is very critical in this newly planned exhibition,  which without doubt is a community-based program that would be economically, traditionally and  educationally be of immense benefits to our people in all the areas so far identified",  Akinbile-Yusuf said


The Commissioner stated that her Ministry had been engaging community leaders  in  selected local government areas on the need to curb identified  challenges, such as harassment by area boys  and ways of  harnessing the gains of domestic tourism.


According to her, the six pilot LGAs for the CBT, namely Ikorodu, Epe, Oshodi Isolo, Surulere, Eti-Osa and Badagry cut across the division of the State and findings conducted by the State government show that identified  points of tourism in these areas can be economically viable for the residents in particular and the State in general 


The Commissioner therefore, urged residents of the affected communities and all Lagosians to be more receptive to tourists.


"Let me explain fully that the exhibition being planned are been done in collaboration with the Chairmen of all the local governments and the local council development areas, including all the monarchs and Baales in such areas. 

All that I can tell our people is to be accommodating, be friendly and receptive to the investors. Don't forget that they will come and spend their money and time, so we need to encourage and make them feel at home with us", the Commissioner said.

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