{"id":73741,"date":"2025-08-20T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73741"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:03:12","slug":"tourism-minister-pledges-reforms-collaboration-with-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/20\/tourism-minister-pledges-reforms-collaboration-with-stakeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Minister Pledges Reforms, Collaboration With Stakeholders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has reaffirmed her commitment to revitalising Nigeria\u2019s tourism sector through dialogue and partnership with private stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>She gave the assurance while receiving the newly elected executive of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), led by its President, Dr. Aliyu Badaki, during a courtesy visit in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Badaki raised concerns over the enforcement of the NIHOTOUR Act, urging the Minister\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Musawa pledged that reforms would be implemented collaboratively and that ambiguities in the Act could be resolved through consultations and legislative review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to create a stable and enabling environment where tourism can thrive in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda,\u201d she said, adding that FTAN and other private-sector players would be key beneficiaries of ongoing initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Musawa also hinted at plans to restructure the Presidential Council on Tourism for stronger political support and confirmed the Ministry\u2019s participation in FTAN\u2019s National Tourism Conference in November.<\/p>\n<p>FTAN leaders, including Dr. Badaki, Alhaji Munzali Dantata, and Mrs. Susan Akporaye, urged greater government backing and consistent participation in global tourism fairs.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to advancing Nigeria\u2019s cultural heritage and economic empowerment through tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has reaffirmed her commitment to revitalising Nigeria\u2019s tourism sector through dialogue and partnership with private stakeholders. She gave the assurance while receiving the newly elected executive of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), led by its President, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73741","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=73741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73743,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73741\/revisions\/73743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}