{"id":252641,"date":"2025-12-04T14:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=252641"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:44:04","slug":"ambassador-yusuf-maitama-tuggar-received-in-audience-dr-olayiwola-nurudeen-awakan-and-his-delegation-during-a-familiarisation-and-strategic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/ambassador-yusuf-maitama-tuggar-received-in-audience-dr-olayiwola-nurudeen-awakan-and-his-delegation-during-a-familiarisation-and-strategic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar received in audience, Dr. Olayiwola Nurudeen Awakan and his delegati&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs received in audience the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) Dr. Olayiwola Nurudeen Awakan and his delegation during a familiarisation and strategic engagement on Thursday 4th December, 2025.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting discussed expanded areas of collaboration between the Ministry and NTDA to strengthen Nigeria\u2019s global tourism visibility, promote heritage sites, enhance cultural diplomacy, and support the development of national tourism assets. The Honourable Minister highlighted opportunities for deeper cooperation through Nigeria\u2019s 109 foreign missions, participation in major global tourism expos such as ITB Berlin, the promotion of heritage and slave-route sites, and improved storytelling of Nigeria\u2019s cultural and historical richness.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Director-General outlined NTDA\u2019s initiatives, including developing an international tourism city, enhancing digital storytelling platforms, promoting diaspora tourism, strengthening visa facilitation for tourism events, and establishing a coordinated presence at global tourism markets. He also expressed NTDA\u2019s readiness to work with the Ministry to harmonize tourism promotion efforts, attract foreign investment, and advance the national tourism diversification agenda.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Both parties agreed on the need for structured collaboration, the integration of cultural representation within missions without expanding attache&#8217;s structures, and a unified approach to showcasing Nigeria\u2019s tourism potential on the global stage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs received in audience the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development &hellip; <a title=\"Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar received in audience, Dr. Olayiwola Nurudeen Awakan and his delegati&hellip;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/ambassador-yusuf-maitama-tuggar-received-in-audience-dr-olayiwola-nurudeen-awakan-and-his-delegation-during-a-familiarisation-and-strategic-engagement\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar received in audience, Dr. Olayiwola Nurudeen Awakan and his delegati&hellip;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hmfa-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252643,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252641\/revisions\/252643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}