Runsewe commends Buhari for handing over Presidential Lodge to Ambode

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Cooperation, NTDC, Mr. Olusegun Runsewe, has supported the Lagos State Government over its plans to transform the presidential lodge in Lagos to a tourist hub.

He, however, suggested that a heritage and visitors tower would stand out the City of Excellence in the global tourism.

Runsewe stated this yesterday in an interview with journalists in Lagos.

He described the handover of the landmark Presidential lodge by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Lagos State Government as the best news to have ever come to him in the annals of tourism development in Nigeria, an initiative he further noted, shows that Buhari meant well for the development of all the component units of Nigeria.

To critically brand and transform the lodge located on the busy Lagos Marina Street on the Island, into a global iconic tourism feature, Runsewe whose tenure in government tourism administration attracted huge local and international commendation, pleaded that Governor Ambode should get the best hands and reputable companies to construct a signature world heritage and visitors tower around the vicinity of the lodge with a visibility range to Lekki, Ikeja, Ayobo, Epe, Ikorodu and Badagry. According to Runsewe, a special light rail must connect the signature heritage and visitors tower to Lagos Airport, which in turn could create about 160,000 tourism jobs and turn the Marina/Onikan axis into an exclusive tourism destination comparable to Dubai, Canada, Trinidad &Tobago and Singapore.

He said: “This is a tourism and culture heritage Mecca in the making and when all the special tourism facilities and luxury appointments are added to it, such as Cable car, Car park, Shopping mall, Children play ground, food courts, electronic photo shops and entertainment windows.

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