NANTA LEADERSHIP: Susan Akporiaye and Adeshola Kayode promise continuity as they take oath of office

Mrs Susan Akporiaye was today, Friday March 27 sworn in as the 44th president of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies, NANTA.

Mrs Akporiaye took over from Mr Bankole Bernard who was the immediate past president of the association.

Speaking after she was sworn in, Mrs Akporiaye assured NANTA members and its stakeholders of continuity as one of the outgoing executives of the last administration.

In her words; “On one hand you are assured of continuity because i was one of the outgoing executives of the last administration”.

She noted that there is a huge challenge to re-access its reach and physical engagement process in view of Covid 19 and the impact on global Travel.

According to her, this is the birth of a new beginning as the incoming exco takes over under her leadership as the 44th President of NANTA.

Akporiaye explained that: “I know there is a huge challenge to re-access our reach and physical engagement process in view of Covid 19 and the impact on global Travel.

We are conscious of the pressure to rebound and gain immediate foothold yet determined to guide our members to follow established federal and states governments protocols on Covid 19 and practice safety and social distancing as recommended by health officials globally”.

She also assured the stakeholders that NANTA is united and in safe hands under her watch, adding that the watchword under her watch will be teamwork .

“We must admit that while we have global challenges brought on by COVID-19. We also do have some pertinent local challenges facing our members and their businesses which we must confront and come up with effective strategies to address.

In due course the incoming executives shall engage and consult with all of you as stakeholders in order to establish and validate our priorities.

I will then be articulating these priorities with strategies on how to move us forward”, Akporiaye stated.

Amb. Adeshola  Kayode was also sworn-in as Vice president for the 2nd term.

He will be presiding over FCT,BENUE,KADUNA,KOGI,NASSARAWA,PLATEAU States

 Mr Adeshola kayode who is also a member of the NATIONAL COUNCIL of NANTA reiterates that they will work more to give the association the deserved recognition 

To him, his re-election was not a surprised, because he has some notable achievements during his tenure as Vice President, which includes 

1.) Membership increase 

2.) Created awareness 

3.) Created Cooperative and Multipurpose Society

4.) Encourage and expose members to international tourism events

5.) Uniting members 

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