Lagos Plans Big for ‘Akwaaba’

The Lagos state government has announced plans to be fully involved in the forthcoming Akwaaba African Travel Market slated for September 9-11 2018. Akwaaba has been hosted in Lagos since the last 14 years and Lagos state government has given support to the programme. But the state pointed out that it would give the 14th edition of the event its signature tune. The organiser of the travel event said with the changing face of the city of Lagos amid ongoing infrastructural development, delegates to the 14th expo would be treated to the taste of Lagos as never before. “You have heard all the stories of Lagos. Some good, some bad; but no report is better than a personal experience. This is what the government of Lagos through its Ministry of Tourism is promising delegates to this year’s African Travel Expo,” the organisers explained. They noted that this hosting is in line with effort to make true the vision of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor of Lagos State, to transform Lagos, Africa’s most populous city and the second largest economy in West Africa, in creating an enduring architecture for the business of tourism to thrive to support continuous prosperity of the state as it targets its low hanging fruits of its massive entertainment, culture and heritage The Governor earlier in the year noted that the state was channelling a lot of resource to creating an enduring architecture for the business of tourism to thrive, with an understanding that tourism does not stand on its own; that it is the infrastructure supporting it that actually allows it to thrive; hence, the upbeat about putting the infrastructure in place.