The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Idris Aregbe.
The Lagos State Government is seeking greater involvement of local governments and communities in developing tourism and cultural assets, saying its ambition of becoming a leading tourism destination must begin with stronger grassroots participation.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Idris Aregbe, stated this during a strategic engagement with supervisors, special advisers and representatives of Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos.
The meeting, held at Delborough Hotel, Victoria Island, was convened by Aregbe and the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Bopo Oyekan, under the theme, ‘A Lagos that Works for Everyone, Everywhere.’
Aregbe said the government was moving beyond centrally driven tourism programmes by making councils and their communities’ active participants in identifying, preserving and promoting cultural resources within their localities.
