NIHOTOUR to train staff on digital technology -Kangiwa

NIHOTOUR to train staff on digital technology -Kangiwa

By Priscilla Osaje [NAN]

The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), says its staffers are to be trained on digital technology to enable them keep pace with modern trends in the ease of doing business in the tourism sector.

NIHOTOUR’s   Director General Alhaji Nura Kangiwa said this in a statement when he received in his office delegation from the Backbone Connectivity Network Limited (BCN) led by its Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Ibrahim Dikko on Thursday in Abuja

According to him, the training is part of the institute’s core mandate of providing regular training in Hospitality and Travel Tourism skill acquisition and public enlightenment.

He said that the institute would partner with digital technology service providers.

“so as to deploy their high internet band wave services for the achievement of desired upgrade of the Institute’s training services via virtual, e-learning as well as distance learning.

“Particularly, in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the entrenchment of non-pharmaceutical protocols to stem the upsurge in the spread of the disease,” he said.

Dikko in his remarks on the capability of his company to deliver on the Institute’s digital technology upgrade needs.

Dikko added that BCN has four portals that NIHOTOUR could leverage on to achieve its digital technology service, delivery platforms that allow for communication via fibre that was affordable and sustainable.

According to him, the company has integrated connectivity solution to serve the African continent and their service is to provide dedicated internet facilities of high quality to their clients who demand for them.

He assured NIHOTOUR of high-quality internet service provision from the company.

“BCN is a reliable digital service-solution-provider to business enterprises that allows collaboration on service operation and deliveries.

“It is a digital technology expertise that is credible, reliable and safe in enhancing clients’ data gathering, storage and efficient utilisation for optimum results,” Dikko said.(NAN)

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