Ministry Of Tourism To Empower Host Community Women

The Federal Ministry of Tourism is introducing a sustainable tourism entrepreneurship programme called ‘EcoGenesis Incubator’ for training and empowerment of women and youths that are resident in Nigeria’s tourism host communities across the six-geopolitical zones of the country.
The objective is to offer a dynamic platform that will catalyse innovation and drive economic empowerment by helping the participants to develop, articulate, and refine their skills and tourism products.

This will eventually lift many out of poverty by leveraging on the abundant tourism opportunities inherent in our communities across the nation.
The first series of the ‘EcoGenesis Incubator’ programme will be the training and empowerment of women on tourism souvenirs production, specifically, in jewellery making and rhinestone embellishment.
It is scheduled to hold in Makurdi, Benue State, on 14th and 15th March 2024.

On completion, the trainees will be given tourism entrepreneurial starter-packs to enable them to start their own businesses.