How partnership will boost Lagos tourism, hospitality – Ladi-Balogun. Shoye
Lagos Local Government Tourism Officers (LALOTO) has partnered Lagos Ferry Services (Lagferry) to further the promotion of tourism in Lagos State.
The partnership according to Damilare Shoye, the president of LALOTO and Head of Tourism Unit in Lekki Local Council Development Area, is to further the promotion of Lagos State tourism potentials as enshrined in Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu’s THEMES-Plus agenda.
“We are a body of tourism champions in the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State and we decided to partner Lagferry Services to tour Lagos waterways and enjoy their topnotch services in water transportation”, he said.
Shoye commended the management of Lagferry led by the Managing Director/CEO, Hon. Abdoulbaq Ladi-Balogun “whose magnanimity gave LALOTO the rare opportunity to explore the aesthetic nature of Lagos waterways and its tourism potentials” and this experience he said, “has opened an enduring partnership between LALOTO and Lagferry.
Lagferry MD/CEO, Hon. Abdoulbaq speaking through the Head of Marketing, Ayinde Balogun assured LALOTO that the door of Lagferry is open to more productive partnerships.
He said, “we are open to partnering with corporate bodies and government agencies like LALOTO to ensure we deliver on our mandate. Such partnership with MTN birth the Falomo Five Cowries Terminal, the best ferry terminal in West Africa. We equally want Lagosians to know and enjoy Lagferry water transportation services. Our boats are luxurious, and we parade arrays of experience and professional crews to ensure safety. We provide routine commercial and charter services, and our prices are highly subsidized. ”
LALOTO tour of Lagos with Lagferry was a 360 degree sight seeing tour of Lagos waterways from Five Cowries Terminal to Lekki/Ikoyi Link Bridge, Third Mainland (Babangida) Bridge, Second Mainland (Eko) Bridge and, First Mainland (Carter) Bridge. LALOTO Tourists also sighted the Intermodal Transport System Terminal (Ferry, Road and Rail) at CMS, Tarkwa Bay Beach, and witnessed the exit ofBrasilian cargo ship from Lagos into the sea. The tour went through the Mekwen Bridge, Victoria Island, to terminate at the take-off point, the Five Cowries Terminal, Falomo Ikoyi, Lagos.
