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PH Bantaba Tourism Expo, Huge Success …Isokariari
The Bantaba tourism exhibition that was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been described as a huge success and an opportunity to discuss investments with the outside world.
The chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mr Steve Isokariari, made the assertion while speaking with our correspondent during the tourism expo of the show held at De Edge Hotel, GRA, Port Harcourt on Friday.
Isokariari, who is also the Managing Director of Dial Travel Bureau Ltd disclosed that the Bantaba, which is an off shoot of Akwaba Africa Travel Market discussed how to bring tourists from all over the world to Nigeria, and Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, as there are lots of income through tourism programmes.
According to him, through the Bantaba tourism exhibition, some foreign countries are willing to come back and invest in Nigeria, but opined that they need infrastructure for the private sector to develop.
“We are trying to build tourism in Nigeria and we have to build infrastructure like what the Rvers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike is doing along Aba road and many more”, he stressed, adding that the way tourists and guests from the world that attended the exhibition was amazing as he had already had a business discussion with the Minister of Finance, Soverign State of Accompong, Jamaica, Mr. Timothy Mcpherson (Jr) as well as the Chief Executive of Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Karikoga Kaseke among others.
The BOT chairman also hinted that for eight governors in Nigeria to send their representatives to the show including that of South Africa is a clear manifestation that the exhibition was a success and that all what they are doing is to ensure Port Harcourt is sellable and Nigeria is sellable to the foreigners.
He opined that these people from outside the country spent their foreign currencies in Nigeria, thereby a boost to the economy, adding that, “if we want to be exposed more, let us go out there and put what we saw in practice and restructure our tourism sector for better.
Isokariari further stated that for the first time the show was being organized in Port Harcourt outside Lagos that had been hosting them, though was for the then Eastern region, but for the love and interest of these people in tourism, they are all here, and called on all to contribute their quota and encoruage investors in tourism like Chief Mike Amachree.
However, 12 organizations were honoured during the exhibition in Port Harcourt.
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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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