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The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) has successfully organised a Train-the-Trainer programme on Hospitality and Tourism Trade for Tourism and Hospitality trainers and tourism journalists in the Lagos area of the industry.
Group picture of Participants at this year’s Training organized by the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR
The impactful trainings held from Monday June 10th to Friday June 14th , 2024, at the
Centre for Management Development, CMD, Magodo, Lagos. Participants in the
training were drawn from leading hospitality and tourism schools in South-
West Nigeria. There were also tourism journalists from leading print and
electronic news organisations in Nigeria.
Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa, the Director General of National Institute for Hospitality
and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), while speaking on the objectives of the Train-the-
Trainer programme emphasized that “the primary mandate of NIHOTOUR is
to provide basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of training for personnel in
Nigeria’s hospitality and tourism sectors. As such this train-the-trainer
programme in Lagos is one of the numerous capacity development
programmes we annually hold, across Nigeria’s six-geo zones, to retrain and
upskill instructors in the trades of tourism and hospitality in related schools.”
Kangiwa elaborated that the “training package had three different areas of
focus including, Train-the-Trainer on Hospitality and Tourism Trade;
Educational Awareness and Training on Conservation, Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Materials in South-West Zone of Nigeria; and Digital
Content Creation for Tourism Journalists”.
The sessions on train-the-trainer in hospitality and tourism trade addressedemerging management schools of thought and best practises in trainer-trainee
relationship, effective mentorship, and sustaining tourism learning
ecosystems.
Similarly, the sessions on Educational Awareness and Training on
Conservation, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Materials in South-
West Zone of Nigeria included studies on Yoruba cultural heritage
appreciation and best practises on management of traditional relics for greater
tourist and visitor experiences.
Members of the Association of Travel and Tourism Writers of Nigeria
(ATTWON) and other independent travel journalists were part of the session
on Digital Content Creation for tourism in Nigeria. The training focus areas
included mastery of social media platforms tourism news reportage, usage of
computer applications for curating pictures and best tools for editing videos
using handheld devices like smartphones and tablets.
The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) is a parastatal
in the Federal Ministry of Tourism. NIHOTOUR is established by an Act of
Parliament to Train, Certify and Register personnel working the hospitality,
travel, and tourism sectors of Nigeria. The Institute is also the coordinator of
the hospitality and tourism sector skills council of Nigeria (HTSSCN).
