Kwara Gov To Explore Tourism Potential Of National Museum Esie

Date: 2019-10-05

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq today visited the National Museum Esie in Irepodun LGA for on the spot personal assessment of the first Museum in Nigeria.

The Governor who has always reiterated that tourism is a potential driver of economic growth visited the National Museum in Esie to explore various ways the state government can collaborate with the National Museum to reposition the treasure for tourists within and outside the country and significantly improve the revenue generation capacity of the state.

The Museum's Curator Mrs Omowunmi Mopelola Elizabeth who took the Governor round the building housing several objects of historical, scientific, artistic, and cultural interest also spoke about the rich Nigerian culture especially that of the people of Esie community which can generate revenue for the state if well harnessed and explored to the fullest.

Mrs Omowunmi lamented years of neglect and abandonment, revealing that she has been running the Museum's activities on personal funds as the government has failed to invest in what she described as national treasure capable of attracting tourists anywhere from around the world considering the soapstone figures one could hardly find anywhere. She said the management of Esie Museum has also made concerted efforts to partner sponsors of events for years to no avail. She however berated previous administrations for not tapping into the huge economic potential inherent in the Museum.

AbdulRazaq while going round the Museum's gallery assured the management of needed support from the government while also beseeching them to immediately forward a comprehensive list of requirements to the appropriate cooperating government agency so as to have it captured in the next fiscal year budget as he is committed to toeing the line of transparency, accountability and prudence in other to achieve more for the state despite the paucity of funds. He assured the Curator that the Kwara state government under him will explore the tourism potential of the Museum in the best interest of the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Garba Dogo     Ilorin Emirate     Toyin Sanusi     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Ibraheem Abdullateef     CLAY POT     Kwara State Polytechnic     JSSCE     Muhammed Abdullahi     Kanu Agabi     Alfa Modibo Belgore     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Ita-Ore     John Mayokun Dada     Awoye     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Monkey Pox     Durosinlohun Atiku     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Matthew Okedare     MMWG     Sarah Jubril     Kwara TV     Revenue Court     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Abubakar Lah     Ilota     FOMWAN     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Atunwa     Florence Saraki     Chief Of Staff     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Oko     Taofeeq Olateju     Wale Oladepo     Olaiya Zuberu     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Yahaya Muhammad     Sulyman Buhari     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Samari     Titus Ashaolu     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Isa Aremu     Toyosi Thomas     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Ekiti     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Ubandawaki     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Abdulazeez Arowona     Ahmed Alhasssan     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Suleiman Idris     Jide Oyinloye     Wasiu Onidugbe     Yomi Ogunsola     Alaiye     HYPPADEC     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Temitope Ogunbanke     Tafidan Kaiama     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Oloyede     Oro Grammar School     Ballah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Monthly Sanitation     Bola Tinubu     Peter Obi     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Bayo Ojo     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Abdulhakeem Amao     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Olaosebikan     Haliru Dantoro     International Aviation College     Olateju Lukman     Kwara Politics     Mamatu Abdullahi     NIPR     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kayode Ishola     Emir Of Yashikira     Okin High School     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Dele Momodu     Aliyu Muyideen     Atiku     Timothy Akangbe     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Ademola Kiyesola     National Party Of Nigeria     Pakata Development Association     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Kola Shittu     Kannike     Michael Ologundea     Senate     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Gwanara     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Kolo     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Javed Khan     Rotimi Atere     Olatunde Michaels     Femi Gbajabiamila     Apado     Olatunji Moronfoye     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Bashir Badawi     Ishaq Salman     Razak Atunwa     Shettima     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     ASUU     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Millennium Development Goals     Bamidele Aluko     Al-Ilory     Saidu Yaro Musa     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Funmilayo Mohammed     Zainab Abass     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Farouk Salim     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Akanji     Bayo Onimago     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs