Nigeria is fast becoming a destination of choice for international tourists — LAI MOHAMMED

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ABUJA—THE Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria is fast becoming a destination of choice for international tourists because of the favourable policies of the present administration.


 The Minister said this, in Abuja on Monday, when he received the organisers and contestants of the Miss Polo International Beauty Pageant. He said:

“There is no doubt that Nigeria is fast becoming a destination of choice for international tourists, thanks to the country’s hospitable people, the country’s increasingly high-rating in the international community and the successes achieved by the present Administration in ensuring the security of lives and property, as well as providing such infrastructure as power, roads, and rail.

“The administration’s Visa-On-Arrival policy is also helping in making Nigeria a destination of choice for tourists and business people in general. The Federal Government will continue to pursue those policies that are fast turning Nigeria into a destination of choice.


 Alhaji Mohammed said just before the Beauty Pageant, Nigeria hosted high profile international events such as the Miss Polo International Beauty Pageant which was attended by Tourism ministers and representatives from 51 African countries, as well as attracted journalists and editors from around the world.

 He said from the testimonies of the participants at the UN World Tourism Organisation-Commission for Africa Meeting and the World Congress of the International Press Institute, IPI, it was clear that what they saw when they visited Nigeria was totally at variance with what they may have heard or read about the country.

Contestants from 17 countries across five continents are participating in the Miss Polo International Beauty pageant. In her remarks, the President of the Miss Polo International Beauty Pageant, Mrs.

Ibife Alufohai, said the pageantry is not just about beauty but also to recognize excellence in creativity and community service, particularly in the improvement of the quality of education by the beauty queens in their individual countries.

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