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• Creating the enabling environment for tourism activities to flourish through the promotion of good standards and efficient service delivery in the hospitality industry and to facilitate investment sector.
• Making tourism a major revenue earner by harnessing the country’s rich cultural heritage and other tourism assets with an efficient, proactive and highly motivated work force.
• Standardising and sanitising the industry through registration, inspection, classification and grading of the Hospitality and Tourism enterprises to meet international standard and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Publicising and promoting Nigeria’s endowments through print and electronic media/internet, production of quality brochures, flyers, guide maps, documentaries and active participation at local and international fairs/exhibitions.
• Ensuring the provision of reliable and up-to-date tourism statistical data, establishment of tourism Data Bank and implementation of Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) to assess the impact of tourism in the national economy.
• Liaising with other government agencies such as Immigration Service, Federal office of Statistics, CBN, National Population Commission, to produce Annual Tourism Statistical Data and Tourism Satellite Account.
• Identifying, assessing and documenting tourism sites bans attractions for investment and promotion purposes.
• Establishing and enforcing codes of conduct for travel, trade and business operators.
• Liaising with relevant government ministries and agencies to ensure the provision of necessary infrastructures to tourism sites.
• Planning, coordinating, assisting in the development of tourists sites throughout the country.
• Ensuring the maintenance of standards within the industry.
• Ensuring the establishment of tourism Development Fund (TDF) to provide financial assistance to practitioners and developers.
• Ensuring the promotion and marketing of the tourism products and services within and outside the country.
• Facilitating and encouraging private sector and local communities participation in the development of the tourism industry.
• Promoting technical and professional tourism services.

Director General : Otunba Olusegun Runsewe

Address : Tourism Village, Area 1, P.M.B 167, Garki, Abuja

Telephone: +234 9 2342764

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Tourism Development In Nigeria Hinges On NTDC’s New Bill

Director-General, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, Mr Folorunsho Coker

Director-General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr Folorunsho Coker, said the new bill of the Corporation is pivotal to the development of Nigeria’s tourism industry.

Coker told ReportersAtLarge in Abuja on Thursday that his administration is strengthening the foundation of the country’s tourism industry.

Recall that The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Act Cap N137 LFN, 2004 (repeal & re-enactment) bill 2017 (SB.429) started during the 8th Senate. The Bill scaled through all the hearings in the Senate, approved by the House of Reps, but President Muhammadu Buhari withheld assent to the Bill.

Explaining his decision to withhold the assent to the Bill, President Buhari said section 14(d), section 30(2d) of the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority (Repeal and re-enactment) bill contradicts section 4 (1-3) and paragraph 60 (d) of the second schedule of Nigeria’s Constitution.

“Section 30 of the bill proposing to levy a tourism fee on all inbound international travellers, a tourism levy on all outbound travellers and a tourism departure contribution fee of 1 per cent per hotel room rate.

“Such a flat fee has been fixed by the authority and a corporate tourism development levy of 1 per cent to be charged on the revenue of banks, telecommunications and other corporate entities. This will be inimical to the growth of the tourism and hospitality industry in Nigeria and constitute an additional burden on the tourism business,” the sent to the 8th Senate and read by the then Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki reads.

Coker said: “When oil was discovered in Nigeria, a legal framework was created for the industry for smoother and speedy operation. Another legal framework was created for the second generation banks, which revolutionised the banking industry. Then we needed to have digital money, so the telecom revolution was also necessary, and a legal framework was created for it. Tourism is another asset that also requires a legal framework which would allow people to invest in the industry, and for money to move around in tourism ecosystems in a way that is 2020 compliant.

“The legal framework in, for example, Dubai, South Africa and Kenya among others, are 2020 compliant. And these countries keep upwardly reviewing it to ensure an easier way of doing business, access to finances, and working regulations.”

The NTDC boss, who confirmed that the Corporation’s new law had been through the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to the President for assent, explained that “there were certain things in the Bill that were conflicting with the sphere of operations of other agencies, so the President objected to it. It’s been sent back to the House for a clean-up, then back to the President for assent.

He explained that solutions to the challenges facing the Corporation, stakeholders in the industry and the industry at large are embedded in the new legal framework, saying that the new law would bring more funds to Nigeria, “it would generate more revenue through alliance with operators in the private sector, standardisation of hotels and a development levy in the tourism sector.

“So, apart from our allocations from the Federal Government, we now have income streams through alliances with private sector entities and state government in terms of standardisation. We would have a tourism development levy that now goes into tourism development funds.’’

The NTDC DG noted that “ financing without new law financing is very difficult. A lot of people take tourism investment as very risky. But if the government guarantees the risk to the lending institution for single-digit tourism loan, nothing more than nine per cent, then tourism would flourish better.”

Coker added that the new law would also improve business relationship with the private sector and develop tourism assets, “It would also allow us to interact better with private sector entities in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) structures where we must approximate the operations of the private sector entity for those things to work.

“PPP is the new magic phrase and the way forward; the government alone cannot do everything, but in partnership between the private sector and the public sector, we can move along.

“NTDC can as well do an international expression of interest and because the legal framework is now there, anybody can see the potential, see that the rules of engagement are clear and come in and invest.’’

Coker, while describing the Corporation as a marketing company, specifically on tourism inflow, said: “With these funds, we would be able to discharge our responsibilities as the marketer of the country’s tourism potentials and assets.”

He further revealed that “The legal framework encapsulates global best practices, which was enacted in 2018, so, you know that it is valid for at least 10 years before we may need to amend it.”

Talking about the efforts of the Corporation to encourage the custodians of the tourism assets in the country and other stakeholders in the industry, Coker said “We participate in major festivals in the country, and afterwards give advice on how to improve on the festivals and tourist sites. As simple as providing good toilets and souvenir shops around the tourist sites and at venues of the festivals would provide better experiences for tourists and visitors, while they also generate employment and create income. We have been encouraging the states to develop tourist sites in their domains.

“We have also continued to encourage organisers of festivals and event to be sacrosanct with them – holding the event when they are supposed to be held, not changing it – this allows people, especially the digital tourism entrepreneurs, to plan and push information out and people to attend the event. This is because anything you do in tourism must be sustainable for it to create meaningful jobs.

“We are fortunate to enough have a lot of natural resources like waterfall, forests, game reserve, parks… but beyond that God has further blessed us new mediums of cultural expression – the music industry; the movie industry, which is the number two in the world; our fashion that everybody pays so much attention to; religious tourism is a serious activity in Nigeria today, even our food, business and economic tourism. These new mediums of cultural expressions need to be well-packaged and sold to the world through the digital space.

Coker emphasised that Tourism isn’t one activity that anybody can just do. “So, we collaborate with other agencies of the government to create a complete service. 

“There is a need for tourism policy that develops human capital for tourism. On this note, we have engaged with NIHOTOUR, a sister agency, in terms of training, while also charging the agency to push the educational institution that is already in existence to include tourism on their available courses so as to have more professional in the industry.

We work with the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS), among other government agencies, with the required synergy to make foreigners’ trip to the country seamless – such as ensuring ease in the procurement of their Visa. Visa-on-arrival policy is a plus. We work together with the immigration on this.

On the efforts of the Federal Government on the nation’s tourism development, the NTSC boss said “Every penny the Federal Government spent on the development of infrastructure is for the benefit of NTDC, making Nigeria more appealing to tourists. It is an investment in the tourism industry in the country.”

He also revealed that “We created two brands, the master brand is Tour Nigeria, to encourage people to go around Nigeria. The second one is Nigerian Flavour – our dress, food, music and religion, among others. We want people to TourNigeria to experience the flavours of Nigeria.

“We have held two successful editions of Nigerian Flavours. We encourage states to replicate them in their own regions.”

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Tourism: Now that NTDA Act is law, what next?

A new chapter is about to open in the tourism industry following the signing into law of an Act sent to the National Assembly a long time ago. ELEOJO IDACHABA writes on what awaits the sector according to industry players.

For years, the tourism industry that is supposed to be a major driver of revenue for the country had remained a shadow of itself; no thanks to the absence of an enabling legal instrument to enable the sector function like a statutory government agency with revenue generation at the background while not jettisoning growth.

During the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo up till the late Umar Yar’Adua, the sector witnessed phenomenal growth. Unfortunately, the gains were not preserved by subsequent administrations; that was when Otumba Olusegun Runsewe was at the helm of affairs at the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC). His stewardship actually saw Nigeria achieving some successes.

Although not much was achieved in those years, to a large extent, the sector threw Nigeria up for reckoning in so many ways. For instance, that was when the All Nigeria Cultural Festival usually held in Abuja was enunciated even though it was ditched later. Subsequent administrations after then to date have painfully treated the sector with disdain. In fact, one of the conspiracies against the sector was the abrogation of the status of its parent ministry. As a consequence, it was transferred to be supervised by the Ministry of Information that has no semblance with tourism.

As a result of this, tourism remained comatose, placing excuse on lack of enabling act until recently.

In early February 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari appended his signature to the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Bill and Related Matters, 2022, thereby repealing the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Act, cap. N.137, laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

With the new bill the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority is expected to develop and promote Nigeria as a travel and tourism destination by encouraging people living in Nigeria to take their holiday in the country while encouraging those abroad to visit Nigeria. By this, the new act is to discourage the culture of Nigerians paying huge foreign currencies for tourism abroad. According to the new bill, the authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

Part of the details states that, “There shall be established a governing board of the authority which shall consist of a part-time chairman who shall be appointed by the president and shall be a person of proven integrity and experience in the field of hospitality, travel and tourism, a director general, two representatives from Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), one member representing public interest who must be a private tourism practitioner and other government agencies like Customs, NIPC, SON, Nigeria Police, NIHOTOUR, Immigration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  among others. This development is to take the sector to the next level of effective collaborations, regulations and revenue generation.

The director-general of NTDA, Mr. Folorunsho Coker, said, “The new law is speaking of temporary issues in tourism. It is not a draconian law. It is collaboration between states and the federal government towards driving revenue in the tourism and hospitality industry.

“It is about a tourism trust fund which is now a vehicle in use to invest in tourism assets. We must understand that if the laws are not right, investments will not come in.

“The operation of an old law in a dynamic environment that is constantly changing will not get us to where we want to be. Dubai, South Africa and Kenya amended their laws during Covid-19 pandemic and they thrived, but we did not.

“However, I will do a comprehensive breakdown of the new law and share it with the 36 states. I will invite the 36 commissioners of tourism to Abuja, so that we can sit down, discuss, reach an agreement and take it to the next level.

“If you could recall, fantastic legal frameworks were given to the telecommunication and banking sector and we had positive results. It is time for tourism to flourish with the help of the new law.

“I want to thank those that made the new law possible. NTDC is now NTDA, and it is going to be a different ball game that will sanitise the sector and generate huge revenue to the country.”

This is just as President Muhammadu Buhari has also signed the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) bill into law.

The information was contained in a statement by the special assistant (Technical) to the director general of NIHOTOUR, Joesef Karim.

The law established the institute for training, certification and registration of hospitality, travel and tourism personnel in Nigeria.

Necessity of the new law

Justifying the necessity of an enabling act, head of legal unit of the new NTDA, Mrs. Funebi Otu Umondak, noted that the old law was over 20 year-old, obsolete and not helpful to the agency and the industry.

“We are grateful to Buhari for signing the bill into law. This law now made it possible for collaborations with states, local governments, private sector and international organisations and also made provision for Tourism Fund to help industry players grow and develop the economy. There would also be an alliance that will make tourism more attractive to everyone in the sector.

“What is important and key is the collaboration and partnership with stakeholders to make tourism better and flourish for our great nation.”

Immense benefits

Speaking on the sideline of this development, a tourism expert, Paul Adalikwu, said it has the magic wand to transform the sector for the good of the industry. “As it is, there is no reason why the industry should not experience a shift. It has been redundant for a while because operators and of course potential investors were looking out for areas of potential benefits that would be mutually agreed by all until now. What the drivers of the new law needs now is to create the awareness to attract investors. There are a lot of incentives in the new act that would be beneficial both to tourists, fun seekers, investors and government,” he said.

 According to him, what the new act would do to the industry is akin to what the telecommunications act has done to telephony in Nigeria. He, therefore, advised everyone with genuine interest in tourism to partner with NTDC in evolving a new phase for the industry.

Another tourism expert, Mr. Ini Akpabio, said over the years, the industry has been the whipping child of the government because it had been left to fend for itself without any sense of direction.

Akpabio, who is the current chairman of Akwa Ibom Tourism Board and former chairman of NANET Suite, Abuja, said regrettably that the former state of the industry is the reason many erstwhile tourism initiatives did not survive few years after their conception.

“I ran a successful tourism outfit in Abuja, but due to lack of enabling environment, making progress became a herculean task such that one needed to rely on bank overdraft to stay afloat, but for how long? I want to believe that we are in for a new deal following this new law,” he said.

Before the new Act was signed into law recently by President Buhari, opposition to it had mounted way back in 2017. For instance, a group, Nigeria Hotels Association, had openly expressed its disapproval of the new law.

Mr. Lanre Awoseyin, the president of the association, had in 2017 criticised the Senate’s passage of the bill for an Act to amend the NTDC Act No 81 of 1992.

He had said that the contents of the bill were against the spirit of the constitution of the country, therefore advised President Buhari not to assent the bill, as according to him, the bill proposes that accreditation, registration and grading of hotels should all be handled by the NTDC.

He said that the bill also stated that one per cent of hoteliers’ charges each year would be remitted to the federal government, describing the remittance as outrageous, obnoxious and abnormal.

He said tourism and hotels are on the Residual List to be managed by the state government and not the federal government.

“The Constitution states that tourism and hotel management are under the Residual List, to be controlled by the state government and not the federal government. In spite of the private sector’s objection to the bill, the National Assembly still went ahead to pass it. Therefore, we urge the president not to sign it and disregard it.”

The Senate had, on October 19, passed the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2017, until it was signed recently after being subjected to scrutiny by all stakeholders.

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Senate passes the nigerian tourism development corporation bill.

• October 19, 2017

The Senate has passed a Bill that will repeal the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Act, 2004 and enact the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) Act, 2017

Presenting the report at the plenary session of Thursday, 19 October 2017, Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Tourism, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide (APC: Edo) informed the Senate that the main objective of the Bill was to promote economic growth, private partnership investment and reposition Nigeria’s tourism industry to a more vibrant sector.

Sen. Urhoghide stated that the NTDC, which was passed in 1992, sought to improve amenities and facilities built for tourism in Nigeria. Nonetheless, the Act was no longer in tandem with present day realities and international best practices in the tourism sector as a result of some inadequacies.

He urther mentioned that the Committee had adopted a legislative framework that allowed for the conduct of a public hearing to provide the public with an opportunity to make input on the proposed legislation and that most views expressed were in support of the Bill. According to him, the bill, if enacted will:

• Develop policies and strategic plans on tourism that guide the operations of relevant agencies;
• Enhance tourism principles which promotes opportunities for economic growth and;
• Assist the tourism authorities to set fundamental short-term and long-term targets.

Lastly, Sen. Urhoghide noted that the Committee had amended 7 Clauses in the Bill before recommending Senate’s approval of the report.

Notably, the Senate adopted 6 out of the amended 7 clauses as it voted against a Clause on Tourism Development Levy. The rejected clause provided that “20% of Tourism departure levy be paid by all travelers leaving the country at a rate to be prescribed from time to time by the Authority”. Although the clause was explained to be for the promotion of domestic tourism, Members of the Senate were of the view that the amount payable was not realistic.

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Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation started out as Nigerian Tourist Association in 1962 before it was changed to NTDC in 1992 as a Federal Government Corporation under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and National Orientation.

The Corporation is responsible for the planning, supervision, development and marketing of tourism in Nigeria. Tourism is a central pillar of economic growth and diversification in any country and the major functions of NTDC among other things include: to encourage people living in Nigeria to take their holiday therein and people from abroad to visit Nigeria and also to encourage the provision and improvement of tourism amenities and facilities in Nigeria.

National Travel Bureau

The National Travel Bureau (NTB), established by decree 81 of 1992, is a tour operating company responsible for tour services and operations within and outside Nigeria.

The Bureau acts as the commercial arm of NTDC, conducting guided tours/excursions, Bus Rental Services, Travel Consultancy and Tour Guide Services. The vision for the establishment of a National Travel Bureau was that of the Nigerian Tourist Association. It was done at that time to ensure that guided tours, sightseeing and package holidays are in place. The NTB is to strengthen private tour companies which are unable to purchase tourist bases.

Address: Old Federal Secretariat, Area 1, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Rebrands

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, has changed its name to the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority, NTDA, as part of its rebranding process.

The change of name followed the assent of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Act, 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The federal agency expressed readiness to take the sector to the next level via partnerships, collaborations, regulations, and revenue generation.

The Director-General, Folorunsho Coker while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria said the new law will also boost collaboration between the federal government and states.

“We must understand that if the laws are not right, investments will not come in.

“South Africa and Kenya amended their laws during the COVID-19 pandemic and they thrived, but we did not.”

The official disclosed he would soon meet with all Commissioners of Tourism in Abuja for discussions.

Noting that legal frameworks helped the telecommunication and banking sectors to achieve positive results, he said “It is time for tourism to flourish”.

Coker assured that with NTDA in effect, tourism will witness new initiatives that will sanitise the sector and generate huge revenue.

The Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Act 2022 repeals the NTDC Act Cap N137 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

The aim of the new law is to develop and promote Nigeria as a travel and tourism destination.

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Nigeria: President Buhari assents to new Tourism Act

• Published: 12:36 PM UTC, Fri February 17, 2023

The new tourism act, Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Act, 2022 in Nigeria expected to give the country’s tourism push has been assented by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Act repeals the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Act, Cap. N137 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and enacts the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Act, 2022, to develop and promote Nigeria as a travel and tourism destination.

Speaking to VoyagesAfriq on the development, the Director General of the new Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Folorunsho Coker said it was imperatively needed to develop and make tourism a key economic driver in Nigeria. He cited the success stories of the oil, banking, and telecommunications sectors as examples of how legal instruments can spur the growth of a sector.

‘’A Legal Framework was required for the Oil, Banking, and Telecommunications industries to flourish in Nigeria. Now Tourism can join the league of flourishing industries as well in this our great Nation’’ said Folorunsho Coker.

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation #NTDC will now be known as the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority #NTDA.

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