'Seven Wonders of Nigeria'
First, it’s the Obudu Mountain Resort, Cross River
State. Then comes the Idanre Hills, Ondo State, the Sukur Kingdom,
Adamawa State, the Kano Walls, Kano State, the Benin Moats, Edo State,
and the Osun Groove, Osogbo, Osun State. Don’t forget the National War
Museum, Umuahia, Abia State.
These cultural sites were chosen by the Nigerian
Tourism Development Corporation through a committee. The NTDC is set to
market tourism destinations across the country. According to the NTDC
Director General, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, these seven sites will be
accorded special consideration given their unique features as endorsed
by voters of the project, Naija 7 Wonders.
The committee headed by Mr. Ikechi Uko, informed
Otunba Runsewe, during a visit to the tourism village, Abuja, that the
essence of the project was to promote tourism in Nigeria and instill
national pride in Nigerians.
Mr. Ikechi further explained the essence of the
project noting that it commenced about two years ago with the aim of
promoting tourism while reeling out an endless list of tourism
destinations in Nigeria amongst which the top seven emerged through an
exhaustive voting procedure adopted by the project committee which is
made up of individuals from all the geo-political zones in Nigeria.
Also the promoter of AKWAABA, an African travel
market held in Lagos annually, Ikechi Uko maintained that amongst all
the destinations in Nigeria, only Obudu Ranch Resort, which has the
longest cable car in Africa, boasts world class facilities wishing that
other tourism destinations would replicate such too.
Thanking Otunba Runsewe for his understanding,
support and advice in the course of executing the project, he said the
initial fear was that government would interfere in choosing the sites
but that was not the case as the committee was allowed the leverage to
do its job.
Meanwhile, the NTDC chief lauded the project team
saying its efforts complementted the practical-based approach to tourism
development NTDC had adopted from inception hence the positive
collaboration between both parties.
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