Gov Peter Mbah Lays Foundation Stone Of 5-Star Hotel In Enugu

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state has laid the foundation stone of a five-star International Conference Centre Hotel in Enugu, the state capital.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the governor also inspected the long-abandoned 5,000-capacity Enugu International Conference Centre during the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday.

  His administration is currently completing and upgrading the  International Conference Centre to modern standards.

The governor said the  five-star facility which  he described as an investment enabler is in line with his administration’s vision to make Enugu the preferred destination for investment, business, tourism, and leisure, and to grow the  economy of the state from $4.4bn to $30bn in the next eight years.

Mbah added that his dream is to make Enugu the conferencing headquarters of Africa.

‘What we are witnessing here today is just connecting the dots. Recall that we said to Ndi Enugu that our mission is to make Enugu state the premier destination for business, investment, tourism, living, and leisure.

We know that there are key enablers if you truly want to make your state the number one destination for tourism. We know also that for the International Conference Centre to be attractive, there are also key enablers.

You cannot be talking about using your 5,000-capacity conference centre optimally without having enough keys. For anybody coming to host a conference of 5,000 participants, the first question is where are the keys. At least, they would like to see a minimum of 10,000 keys because as they are coming, they are probably coming with their family, friends’ he said.

Mbah  , who warned   that  the  state government  will not allow contract variation, said necessary arrangements have been made  to meet commitments to the contractors, who must work day and night.

‘We have been assured by the contractor that this project will be ready in eleven months. So, we are hoping to come here by April next year to inaugurate this project. We are going to be on them and we have been assured that they are going to work day and night because we are hoping that the International Conference Centre where work is already going on will be ready a few months from now.

We want to optimize the Conference Centre and we have been assured that there will be no variation and there will be no time overrun’  he added.

The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Gerald Otiji, said the International Conference Centre Hotel had become most imperative, explaining that apart from the main Conference Centre, which can seat over 5,000 persons, other adjoining facilities can seat over a thousand people.

Throwing more light on the project, the Project Consultant, Adibe Njoku said the hotel is the soul that would drive the conference centre.

‘It contains 335 rooms made up of 224 single rooms, 64 business suites, 25 diplomatic suites, and two presidential suites and every other facility that will enable the hotel to function as a five-star hotel’ he said.

Also, speaking, the Managing Director of China Communications Construction Company, CCCC, Henry Li, thanked the state for  asking the company to handle  the monumental project , and pledged to bring the company’s knowledge, expertise, and deep commitment to excellence to bear on the project.

‘Our goal is not only to build a hotel but to create a landmark that will also stand as a beacon of hospitality and innovation in our city’ Li said–Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you