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Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by TouchNfollow(f): 4:42pm On May 15

Top priority: Enugu govt to build 380-room five-star hotel within 12 months


The Enugu State Executive Council on Tuesday approved the construction of a 380-room five-star hotel at the International Conference Centre, Enugu within 12 months.

The contract was awarded to the China Communication and Construction Company.

The council also ratified a N100 billion deal with Pragmatic Palms Limited for the revitalisation of the moribund Enugu State United Palm Products Limited.

Briefing journalists shortly after the meeting at the Government House, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Gerald Otiji; Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Obi Ozor; the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dame Madueke; and the Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Patrick Ubru, said these were in furtherance to the administration’s focus on making the state the premier destination for investment, business, tourism and living.

“The council, today, approved the construction of a five-star hotel at the International Conference Centre premises. It is a 380-room hotel with other world-class amenities where the best brands will be competing to be partners in this project.

“We also approved the N100bn deal to revitalise the Enugu State United Palm Products Limited (UPPL) deal, which is a state asset located at Ugwuoba in Oji River LGA; Umulokpa in Uzo-Uwani LGA, and Ibite-Olo in Eziagu LGA. We are talking about a total of 6,700 hectares, although it is not 100 per cent covered by palms because only 2,000 hectares have been planted.

“The state is contributing 40 per cent, which is the value of our land or assets, and our partners are providing the finance for the remaining 60 per cent of the transaction value,” Otiji said.

Giving details on the five-star hotel, Madueke said the proposed facility would have a tremendous ripple effect on the state’s tourism and hospitality industry, and the economy in general.

She explained that the absence of a five-star hotel in the state was responsible for the paucity of international flights into Enugu and inability of the state to host money-spinning conferences like those of the Nigerian Bar Association.

“You will agree with me that this will not just boost our economy, but also boost Enugu as the heart of Igboland,” she stated.

Ubru, on his part, said the revitalisation of the United Palm Products Limited would create jobs, put Enugu State in the forefront as one of the biggest producers of oil palm products, and also help the state to earn foreign exchange. More companies will be revived, and more jobs will be created.

On his part, the Commissioner for Transportation, Ozor, said the administration had commenced the first phase of the Transport Infrastructure Project, an initiative that covers the Enugu Central Station situated opposite the Holy Ghost Cathedral, the Gariki Central Station, the Abakpa Central station and the Nsukka Central Station.

He said it was part of the state government’s effort to bring about an affordable, efficient and sustainable transportation system in the state, and using the transportation sector as a key growth driver to grow the economy from the current $4.4 billion to $30 billion.

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by salin: 4:44pm On May 15
Yet to see any successful Hotel managed by the government in Nigeria soil

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by RenaissanceGuy: 4:47pm On May 15
A state govt building hotel in 2024?? When will both state and the FG realise that business is better left for the private sector, whilst the govt provides the enabling environment through policies, loans and laws??

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by slimfit1(m): 4:47pm On May 15
Poor thinking is really bad. Allow private sector to invest in hotels not government. This is nothing but a government that lacks the desire to govern and tackle the needs of the people.

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Ezewuzie01: 4:48pm On May 15
Have they solved the water unavailability crisis in Enugu or did the people tell them that lack of hotel rooms is their problem?

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Namaster: 4:54pm On May 15
Someone is shelling out scarce resources just to have a nicer place to host hookup girls.

Senseless!

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by OkpaNsukkaisBae(m): 4:56pm On May 15
Waste of resources

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by nedu666: 4:58pm On May 15
What a foolish governor. So hotel is priority for enugu.
Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Armaggedon: 5:04pm On May 15
What is their obsession with hotels?

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Sapasenator: 5:08pm On May 15
Why not a water system, A mechanized agricultural farm, a power generation plant, more public school, a Library, an amusement park, a zoo, a specialized hospital, A recycle plant.

We truly deserve the leaders we get.

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Sapasenator: 5:10pm On May 15
Armaggedon:
What is their obsession with hotels?

They are very dumb people with no creative Ideas.

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Bardo: 5:37pm On May 15
Hotel built by govs?
Poor government is why Enugu state is lacking far behind other SE states, comparable to northern states

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Ofodirinwa: 5:38pm On May 15
The current governor of Enugu is an absolute clown.

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Melagros(m): 5:49pm On May 15
COMRADES, does businesses oversee by government yield any positive result?
Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by SpecialAdviser(m): 5:51pm On May 15
From the failure called PETER MBA

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Dialpad: 5:54pm On May 15
For what purpose? Misplaced priority
Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by christejames(m): 6:43pm On May 15
I just don't want to talk again before they will say I don't like anything about Mbah...







Let the process be transparent that's all I want to see.
Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Dilijingsly(m): 7:38pm On May 15
Mbah has failed. No water, no electricity, and good roads and all he can think of is building hotel. What happened to mechanized rice farming in Adani

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Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by Elusive001: 8:17pm On May 15
Re: Enugu Govt To Build 380-room Five-star Hotel Within 12 Months by obinna58(m): 9:20pm On May 15
Why didn’t he mention to build hotels during campaign
Thieves

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