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Uduaghan The Delta State Government and SARNER PFM have signed a =
Memorandum of=20
Understanding in Abuja on the establishment of a $250-million Delta =
State=20
Leisure Destination.
The =
MOU was=20
signed by the State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Richard =
Mofe Damijo=20
and while Mr Ross Magri, managing director of SARNER U.K, signed for the =
company.
According to a=20
statement made available to NAN on Wednesday in Lagos by the state =
government,=20
the project tagged =E2=80=9CThe Delta State Leisure Destination=E2=80=9D =
will provide for a=20
Tourism and Leisure Village in Warri and Asaba axis of the =
state.
Speaking at the=20
signing ceremony, the Managing Director of SARNER Nigeria, Princess =
Abiodun=20
Oyefusi, said that the tourist village would be the first of its kind in =
Africa=20
with different tourism components like wildlife and water =
park.
She =
explained=20
that the company chose to establish the project in Nigeria because of =
the=20
absence of such world class project and the loss of revenue to other =
countries=20
with such potentials.
Oyefusi said=20
that work would begin by November this year and that the project would =
be=20
completed by December 2011.
=E2=80=9C The tourism=20
village which will house different tourism potentials will change the =
life and=20
face of tourism in Nigeria, create employment for about 10,000 people =
when fully=20
operational,=E2=80=9D she said.
In =
his speech,=20
Mofe Damijo explained that the project would be sited in Warri and the =
Asaba=20
axis and would consist of wildlife component, accommodation, water park =
and=20
transportation unit.
=E2=80=9CBy the time we=20
complete this twin project, it will change the face of tourism in Delta =
State=20
and affect the lives of the people positively, because it will create =
employment=20
and ensure the establishment of other small scale industries,=E2=80=9D =
he=20
said.
Responding,=20
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta expressed the commitment of the state =
government=20
to the success of the project, stressing that it would boost tourism in =
the=20
state.
He =
said the=20
state government would apply for an Export Free Zone to enhance the =
success of=20
the project.
=E2=80=9CIt is a=20
project we are very serious about and we will ensure that it is =
completed on=20
schedule. Apart from the leisure village, the project will provide =
employment=20
and develop the state,=E2=80=9D he said.
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