Hotelier Advises FG On Hard Times

The Federal
Government has been called upon to look inward and profer solutions to the present economic hardship in the country.
The Chief Executive Officer/Chairman, Outside Home Hotel, Chief John Nworlu, said this in an interview with The Tide correspondent on Monday in Port Harcourt.
He said the situation has become unbearable as most business operators have concluded plans to close shop due to the hardship. Nworlu explained that the economic down-turn has forced those with fresh business initiatives to shun such as there was no visible financial back up.
According to him, those who could have started a new business angle now cannot push ahead due to the hard economic development in the country.
The businessman hinted that if the situation remains same, that many people would be forced out of the hospitality business totally.
As a way out, he called on the Federal Government to reconsider the issue of improved farming and revival of local industries.
He noted that the sole dependence on crude oil production was part of the reasons for the economic hardship.
The Tide recalled that sometime in 1983, when President Mohammadu Buhari was Head of state, that the country faced a similar situation.
He was of the view that something like rubber and groundnut production must receive an urgent attention as a bailout in the system.
Meanwhile, he called on the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike to make agricultural practice and skill development compulsory in the state so as to permanently address the situation.