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PH Gets New Museum, Zoo
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ism industry in Nigeria converged last week in Port Harcourt for the pre-opening facility tour of the Museum of African History and Culture, and Zoo located in the Brooklyn Tourist Centre, Rumuosi near the University of Port Harcourt.
The complex is the brain child of one of the leading tourism practitioners in the country, Alabo Mike Amachree, the former President of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN).
The Museum has history of top Manarchs who has left indelible marks in the history of Nigeria.
After being taken round the complex to see the zoo and the museum, the practitioners also visited the chairman of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers, His Majesty Dandeson Douglas Jaja, the Amayanabo of Opobo.
Amachree described tourism as a major economic activity which generates income and also creates employment for the people.
He said for a country or state to attract tourists of local and international status, there was the need for such infrastructures and super structures capable of attracting tourists to be put in place in addition to the tourists attractions.
According to him, it was on that basis that the practitioners visited the monarch to make suggestions on how the state could build its tourism profile so as to attract tourist.
The former ATPN President stated that Rivers State with international airport, seaport and network of roads, and the petroleum industry, has comparative advantage over other states in the country for tourists’ inflow.
He noted that Rivers State was the first state in Nigeria to establish a tourist site known as Isaka Holiday Resort in 1967 by the first Military Governor of the Old Rivers State, King Alfred Diete-Spiff while he (Amachree) established the second one called Port Harcourt Tourist Beach.
“It is also n record that my association the ATPN organized the first Abuja carnival under my leadership in 1991 as well as the second Rivers State Cultural and Musical Carnival tagged RIVCAM 93”, he said.
He remarked that tourism was not about building hotels and organizing carnival, but that emphasise should be laid on developing high class tourist sites and museums where our history, cultural relics, artifacts and monuments would be permanently exhibited for admiration of visiting tourists.
“The tour operators would then market the sites and bring in visitors”, he said adding that development and promotion of tourism is entirely a private sector affair while government provides enabling environment.
He said traditional rulers, as custodians of culture, history and tradition should be assisted by the government to equip their palaces with relics and artifacts to promote tourism in various communities.
Amachree charged private investors and the government to open up rural areas by establishing private tourists sites which would create more jobs.
Responding the Amayanabo of Opobo praised Amachree for his consistency in efforts towards developing tourism in the country and expressed excitement at the new museum of African History and Culture.
He noted that if tourism is developed to its full potentials, oil would take a back seat and promised to take the message to the government.
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R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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