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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos today unveiled the tallest hotel in West Africa, Intercontinental Lagos, built at a cost of N30 billion.
The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria is a 23-storey building containing 358 rooms and 37 suites and a Presidential suite.
The Intercontinental Lagos, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Hotel Group, IHG, is owned by the Milan Group.
Unveiling the 5-star hotel, Fashola said the edifice would surely boost the hospitality and tourism industry in the state, while urging other entrepreneurs to look inward and invest their money in hotels and public utilities such as roads.

Fashola at the official opening of Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos
According to him, the unveiling of the hotel represented the increasing brands of hotels making Nigeria their choice destinations, saying that the tourism industry would be boosted by the new edifice.
“The tourism business is the major sector that creates jobs but sadly, this sector faces lots of challenges across the continent. The Lagos State Government is committed to providing the enabling environment,” he said.
Fashola harped on collection of consumption tax and urged hotels and other in the hospitality business to help the government to collect the tax for developmental purpose.
“Consumption taxes are not levied on hotels but on consumers. The role of hotel is to collect the tax and give it to us. It is by collecting this taxes that you empower us to provide schools, public utilities and others,” he stated.
Chairman, Milan Group, Ramesh Valechha said the hotel would change the landscape of Lagos and boost the hospitality industry in the state.
He disclosed that Memorandum of Understanding for the project was signed on 31 March, 2004 while it took two years to complete the design work before the conceptualisation of the project began.
He stated that the Lagos State Government, Skye Bank and Wema Bank were supportive of the project.
Valechha disclosed the building of the hotel cost over N30 billion while 650 jobs were created for Nigerians.
Regional General Manager, IHG, Africa, Karl Hala said the hotel is the leading hotel in Nigeria, saying the group had 170 Intercontinental Hotels in 60 countries of the world.
He described the unveiling of the hotel in Lagos as a significant milestone in the hospitality industry, adding that the group also had 20 Intercontinental Hotels in Africa and that the hotel was the only 5-star hotel in Nigeria.
Chief Executive Officer, Design Group, Bayo Odunlami said it took lots of challenging moment in the design and conceptualization of the project, saying he was happy that the group overcame the hurdles.

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boss u just lied....wat eva hotel mr fashola built isnt the tallest hotel in west africa....Hotel 2 fervrier in lome togo has 36 storeys...and has the record of the tallest...dont come here and deceive any1....if u want to b sure...use google or check the other post on lome togo and see dat tall building wit sumtn lyk an ''X'' on top....i live in togo

Nurry:

Maybe if the government of the day had handled issues properly, there wouldn't be a need to strike

and mayb if the previous leaders had averted it...they wouldnt av to suffer dis in their regime

imsu.boi:
after, some retar.ds would come here and be screaming "fresh air"

boss..ure so full of shit..wat do u think u can ahieve as a president...critics lyk u are destructive...we dont nid u in nigeria...go and get a life

dats the relation...by blood...ride on boy

God is gr8...nids to b adored

Promhize: Good news. How many Megawatts would it generate? Journalism in Nigeria ehn, see junk questions they were asking.

By the way, where is that useless Gbawe, saying Nigeria is moving backwards and Jonathan is confused, just shows how illogical, emotion-driven APC goons are

did u not see 1000mgw?

ItsModella: Her head now looks very big.

a very big nd ugly head.....doh i lyk her

Elliotwiz1: Oh God, these people should not find the cure to AIDs...immorality would become the order of the day#praying fervently....

its 1 thing to respect God...and anoda thng 2 kip his love..atleast pray dat the cure comes so children wud b free...dnt b wicked....u may contact mistakenly 2moro

homesteady: What of if the mayor raped her after exposing her boobs?? Did she not seduce him?

my broda,they wud av called it a rape case.....mtcheew

Sanboy25: Very nice one but I do not agree with the point 6.

sori sanboy..but its lyk u already marid 1

NessaFresh: Romantic way of dying

u prefer dat romantic death?

spongeback: There is a nairalander I really like but I am shy to show it===> you know nairaland and the insults

is it me?

spongeback: There is a nairalander I really like but I am shy to show it===> you know nairaland and the insults

is it me?

spongeback: There is a nairalander I really like but I am shy to show it===> you know nairaland and the insults

is it me?cus am already loving u

Anufolusho: Anuoluwapo is my name

so wats ur facebuk name and number...atleast drop 1

demelza: If only hugging can send the guy to jail, what will they do to someone like me that wants to get belleh for him??

ooh u wan get belleh for him,no wahala...na u go pick race sef bcus the way the hungry player go take tear ur pant with dribbles..no b person go hint u to go hug am instead...dat 1 police no go intervene

Kairoseki77:

Yet the title of this post says "Fashola Seals Off Kalu's House".

PDP must really be scared of Lagos politicians to keep lying like this!

my friend,ure making no sense....who fears who in politics....keep ur mouth shut or kill urself with unsensible comments

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MissYuzedo: Am a student of uniport and stay at nkpolu rumuigbo

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crazyp: Hello sweethearts,

I'm sylvia, rumuola, port harcourt.

am jay jay and my facebook name is eleke jay jay carmichael...perhaps we cud start from der since u didnt give any detail

segzi cres:
This is why you will grow old and get married at age 52

seriously...never say never....cus u cud 1day go back to ur vomit

mawojuuche:

because of p.uu.s.sy? huge progress indeed!!! i jst f.uc.kd dat gal incase u dnt knw

hahahahahahahahahahaha......

martyns303: Between the story and "unmentionable" I don't know which is more funny.

hahahahahahahahahahaha...

SURY Suri: She look beautiful but this her cloth is not befitting of a pregnant woman.

ur english na wa ooo

naffysa: May Allah grant you Aljant amin

allah is waiting to drive him to hell

Ile-Ife:


If you don't have anything to say, why don't you just move to the next thread. How has Saraki affected your life? you are an Ibhoe guy and i doubt you've ever had anything to do with Saraki.

dont b silly my friend.dis is arrant nonsense..u jx av to knw dat man is a ritualist...am sure dia grand master told him to prepare....4kn pple

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Red-Light:
Anyway nice track sha.. Buh who z dis sarkodie?

sakor is the obidi pon bi di of gh...i mean ghana...1 tym 4 ur man....ghana waz fun wit hz songs