The Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Values Orientation, Aare Muyiwa Olumilua has declared that the State is capable of generating over a million US dollars every month on tourism alone.
The Commissioner stated this in his office in Ado Ekiti while meeting with a team of young Ekiti indigenes who paid him an advocacy visit.
The delegation was in the office of the Commissioner to intimate government of a mountain hike expedition that would come up in Ado-Ekiti.
While commending their creativity and introspection, Aare Olumilua believed that such projects would not only open up new frontiers in the state to get the youths effectively engaged, it would also enhance the development of its economy.
Olumilua, who noticed the derivation of the state’s name from ‘Okiti’, meaning mountain, stressed government’s readiness to harness and expand the tourism frontiers of the State taking the advantage of its beautiful scenery and topography to make it a destination of choice by tourists.
The leader of the delegation, Peculiar Ekiran, said ‘Discover Ekiti and Hike Mountain Safari’ was borne out of desire to explore and discover the unusual tourism destinations in the State.
Ekiran added that the event, scheduled to hold on Tungba Mountain in Ado Ekiti will attract hikers from within and outside the country, especially South Africa and the UK.
Other members of the team are Afolabi Osho, Mr. Jide Fajuyi, Opeyemi Agbaje, and Mr. Dauda Opeyemi.
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