Efforts by the Executive Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello to boost tourism in the state has received a major fillip with the decision of a major financial group to bank-roll the project.
The decision
of the foreign investor to invest in Shagunu Beach Resort was the outcome of
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello’s foreign investment drives in recent times.
Shagunu Beach Resort, located in Borgu local government area of Niger state has
been a major investment centre believed to be on the priority list of the
current administration in the state.
Disclosing
this in a statement mid-week, Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism,
Mrs Chidawa Rifkatu Adamu said ‘’it is the desire of Governor Abubakar Sani
Bello led administration in the state to make Shagunu Beach Resort one of the
country’s top tourism sites and a destination of first choice .’’
‘’Governor
Sani Bello has been committed and consistent in driving growth and developments
in Niger state, and one of his focal
points is how to make Shagunu Beach Resort come alive as one of Nigeria’s top
tourism sites’’, Mrs Adamu revealed.
Speaking in
a similar vein, Lead Consultant Chief Executive Officer of Marcom Support
Services Ltd, Mr. Hakeem Adewale Akintunde said it gladdens the heart that
Shagunu Beach Resort has gotten attention of global financial player, noting
that for over three years now, the state government has embarked on aggressive
infrastructural development of communities in the area.
He revealed
that empirical evidence of the master-plan of Shagunu Beach Resort shows that
Shagunu will be promoted as a rising riverside resort destination of choice in
the Sahara. He stated that the project which is conceived as a Public-Private
Partnership on Build, Operate and Own Model is aimed at putting Niger
state on the global tourism map while boosting the internally generated revenue
of the state.
‘’It is our
mandate to market and project this God given resort to the outside world and
investors with the hope of making the Beach the first of its kind in Nigeria
and South of the Sahara, Akintunde revealed.
The beach,
situated in the widest part of the River Niger occupies a 1000 hectares of land
as the river spans 34km across River Niger.
Shagunu is a
rich natural environment which projects excellent opportunities to attract
further economic development. As a riverside, it portends limit less prospects for
positive growth associated with tourism industry development. It links up with
Timbuktu in Mali, newly built Baro Ports in Niger State as well as connecting
to the Niger Delta Region through the water ways.
Other side
attractions and landmarks of Shagunu
Beach are: Kainji National Park, the Largest
National Park of Nigeria which contains Kainji Lake, the Borgu Game Reserve and
the Zugurma Game Reserve. The state government has been committed to aggressive
infrastructural development of the state with special focus and attention on
road construction and massive electrification of communities in Borgu local
government and other parts of the state.
Niger State is a multi-culturally rich state that is agriculturally well endowed. It is a state with diverse ethnic groups, peace-loving, accommodating and industrious.
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