threatened to shut over 2 500 hotels and
restaurants in the state over failure to register their
facilities.
Disun Holloway, the Commissioner for Tourism and
Inter-Governmental Relations, made the threat at the 2014 Ministerial Press Briefing in Ikeja.
He said out of the over 3 000 hotels and
restaurants operating in the state only 350 had
fulfilled their registration requirements.
Holloway described the situation as unsavoury and
unacceptable.
The commissioner said that officials of the ministry
would soon be sent out to sanction defaulting
hotels and restaurants.
"The law is very clear on this issue. It says hotels,
restaurants and others must register.
"It has security implication to it. We need to know where the hotels are located, their number, the
facilities available in each of the hotels and other
important things.
"So far, only 300 hotels out of the 3000 we have
identified have registered. We will soon begin to
shut defaulting establishments. The law must be complied with,'' he said.
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