African Sports and Tourism Summit and the Untapped Opportunities
It was a great pleasure to be in attendance at the African Sports and Tourism Summit over the weekend. The event which had as speakers Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi, NFF 1st Vice President/Chairman Lagos FA, Vinod Kaurani, CEO TrippleBerry, Kayode Tijani, C.E.O SportXclusive and curator of Africa largest Sports library, Tega Onajaife, Advocate for Women in football and Abiola Bakare, Aviation pro. The forum was an avenue for vigorous discussion about what sports and tourism can achieve together and the economy impact it portend for the Nation. Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi who exhibit a deep sense of humor and Administrative prowess elaborate extensively what Sports, if married religiously with Tourism, can generate to Nigeria's GDP. He sighted Russia, the host of just concluded FIFA world cup as example, as it was on record that they generated a tone of $9m from visitors and tourism during the one month football fiesta. The veteran sports administrator said lots of tourists would still be...