{"id":71000,"date":"2025-07-19T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71000"},"modified":"2025-07-19T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:37:43","slug":"leadership-crisis-disrupts-ftan-2025-agm-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/19\/leadership-crisis-disrupts-ftan-2025-agm-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Crisis Disrupts FTAN 2025 AGM in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rofiat Olokuta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tensions flared on Friday, July 18, as the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), held its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), in Abuja amid a deepening leadership crisis.<\/p>\n<p>What was meant to be a strategic gathering for Nigeria\u2019s tourism sector turned chaotic, as factions clashed over allegations of tenure elongation, constitutional violations, and a flawed electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis escalated at the Central Business District hotel venue, with some delegates staging a walkout and others calling for an interim committee to manage the association\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute revolves around two rival leaders, each claiming legitimate control of FTAN and enjoying backing from different affiliate groups.<\/p>\n<p>Mediation efforts by industry stakeholders reportedly collapsed, as both camps refused to budge.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders say the trouble began during the pre-AGM screening, where concerns were raised about candidate eligibility and procedural lapses.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy has cast doubt on the legitimacy of the AGM\u2019s outcomes, disappointing stakeholders who had hoped the meeting would chart a new course for post-2025 tourism reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Though a few panel sessions on tourism investment and digital innovation held as planned, many attendees left early, citing a lack of confidence in the process.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, FTAN has yet to issue a statement on the meeting or the leadership deadlock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rofiat Olokuta &nbsp; Tensions flared on Friday, July 18, as the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), held its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), in Abuja amid a deepening leadership crisis. What was meant to be a strategic gathering for Nigeria\u2019s tourism sector turned chaotic, as factions clashed over allegations of tenure elongation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":71001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71002,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71000\/revisions\/71002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}