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Nigeria to host UNWTO conference next year

By : Chiamaka Mba with agency report

Date: 3 September 2021 4:57am WAT

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Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, react during an interview on Nigeria's suspension of Twitter, in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 9, 2021. - Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed told AFP Twitter had sought talks with the government, which last week suspended the platform's operations in the country, saying it was used for activities threatening the country's stability. The Twitter ban on June 4, 2021 has provoked outcry from the United Nations, foreign governments and rights groups who are concerned about repression of media freedoms. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, react during an interview on Nigeria's suspension of Twitter, in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 9, 2021. - Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed told AFP Twitter had sought talks with the government, which last week suspended the platform's operations in the country, saying it was used for activities threatening the country's stability. The Twitter ban on June 4, 2021 has provoked outcry from the United Nations, foreign governments and rights groups who are concerned about repression of media freedoms. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria will host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Regional Conference in 2022.

He made the disclosure after a meeting with the body’s Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili.

The minister is in Sal Island, Carpe Verde with other African culture and tourism ministers at the 64th Conference of UNWTO Commission for Africa and second UNWTO Global Tourism Investment Forum.

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Founded on November 1, 1975, the UNWTO is the specialised global agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after meeting Pololikashvili, Mohammed hinted that the 2022 event would focus on tourism and the creative industry.

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