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| The Permanent Secretary , Ondo State Ministry of Culture and Tourism , Mrs Modupe Akinroye exchanging documents with Solomon Yadeta , General Manager , Ethiopian Airlines while Ambassador Wanle Akinboboye , SA to Governor Mimiko on Culture and Tourism applauds |
As part of efforts of
promoting cultural exchange and exposing the youth of Ondo state to international experience, Ondo state Ministry of Culture and Tourism has signed
a memorandum of Understanding with Ethiopia airline one of the leading airline operators in Africa
Other benefit embedded in the MoU includes training
in aviation industry and other programmes that will enhance youth development in the state and with this more than 500 will benefits
from the scheme in the next few years
Signing the
Mou at the Conference hall at the
Ministry of Culture anbd Tourism , the Special Adviser to Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Culture and
Tourism Otunba Wanle Akinboboye said “
the state is entering into an agreement with Ethiopia airline to tied the
brotherhood cord among the Africa nations especially at this moment when we need to
look inward into what we have an annexe it for
the growth of African at large.
Dr Akinboboye said further that “Ondo youth
and students will be taken to Ethiopia for few weeks to learn from their
culture, tradition, language and many things in the aviation industry and the
Ethiopians will in return come to Ondo
state to learn one or two things from
the country too
In his response the General Manager of Ethiopia Airline in Nigeria, Mr Solomon
Yadeta said the company will ensure that the agreement is
followed to letters and at the same time assist
Ondo state in promoting the tourism potentials to the world . “ this is my first time in two
years in Nigeria of travelling outside
of Lagos by road and i am impressed with what i have seen in Ondo state,
this step is in good direction
and we shall do everything to make sure it works there are a lot to learn from each other “.
The signing was witnessed by some of the top civil servant including the permanent secretary of the Ministry Dr. Modupe Akenroye, and all the directors
from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in the state.
