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Regional Integration Efforts Will Connect South-South, Reduce Trade Barriers, Promote Economic Growth - Dr. Kiyaramo. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo, says the south-south regional integration efforts will go a long in helping to overcome divisions that often impede flow of goods, services, capital, people and ideas, adding that such divisions would rather become constraint to economic growth and cooperation.  Dr. Kiyaramo, who stated this at a pre South-South Tourism Roundtable Steering Committee inuagural hangout, hosted by Pastor Otung Ekere at the Discovery Park, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for some members of the Steering Committee, hinted on plans to host tourism experts, academics, researchers and media experts in Uyo, under the auspices of South South Tourism Roundtable to chart a regional tourism agenda for the region. While commending Governor Udom Emmanuel's impactful administration in the area of tourism infrastruct...

Art Evokes A Powerful Sense of Community - Gov. Diri's SSA on Tourism. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo said art works have the potential of cultivating a sense of place among members of the community who see their cultural heritage being expressed in the local arts and feel welcomed through the arts.  Speaking at the opening of a new private art gallery named, Macaulay Eteli Art Gallery in Yenagoa recently, Dr. Kiyaramo said "when it comes to local artists and art galleries, it is important to remind ourselves that art does not exist in a vacuum, rather, it is a two-way street, an exchange between the artist and his audience, which has rippling positive impacts on both the individual and the host community". Dr. Kiyaramo who noted that art galleries generate jobs while stimulating local economies through consumer spending and tourism, added that crafts, advertising, graphic arts, and cultural tourism are all par...

I Gov. Diri's SSA Wants Intensified Efforts on Gender Mainstreaming Through Tourism. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo has again stressed the need to intensify efforts towards optimizing gender mainstreaming through tourism development, adding that the involvement of women is an important component in the tourism development.  Speaking with newsmen in commemoration of this year’s International Women's Day on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, Dr. Kiyaramo, decried the wide disparity in the number of women occupying managerial positions in the tourism sector, compared to the high number of men in such cadre in the country.  He pointed out that while women have the same rights to occupy managerial positions like the men in the sector, the reality at the workplace still indicates great disparity in terms of numbers, illustrating different things regarding the role of women in tourism. He observed that while ...

When Pastor Umo Bassey Eno Anticipated A World Class Tourism Destination for Akwa Ibom. By Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo.  The most important economic feature of activities related to the tourism sector is that they contribute to three high-priority goals of developing countries: the generation of income, employment, and foreign-exchange earnings. In this respect, the tourism sector can play an important role as a driving force of economic development.  The impact this industry can have in the different stages of economic development depends on the specific characteristics of each country. Given the complexity of tourism consumption, its economic impact is felt widely in other production sectors, contributing in each case toward achieving the aims of accelerated development It is against this background that I like to commend the vision of the incoming administration of Akwa Ibom State led by the Gubernatorial flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Umo Bassey Eno who ...

  Gov. Diri's SSA on Tourism Commends FG Over Approval of N117 billion for Oloibiri Oil & Gas Museum and Research Centre in Bayelsa The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for graciously approving the contract sum of N117 billion for Phase-1 Engineering, Procurement & Construction of the Oloibiri Oil & Gas Museum and Research Centre project in Bayelsa State with a completion time frame of two and a half years. Dr. Kiyaramo who made the commendation when he received the Acting Curator of the Oloibiri Oil & Gas Museum and Research Centre, Mrs. Rachel Adelani in his office in Yenagoa on Friday, informed that crude oil sites are now being promoted all over the world as special interest tourism niche destinations to attract visitors and adventure tourists alike to such places. He added that: "The story of the Oloibiri Well 1, where crude oil was first discovered in commerci...

   ...As DG Reiterates Need for Tourism Road Map. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has said that his main purpose of seeking collaboration with the Bayelsa Investment Promotion Agency (BIPA) was to stimulate economic  growth and development, assuring that he is optimistic that the collaboration will produce a workable marketing strategy to export our own cultural products.  Mr. Kiyaramo who stated this when he visited the Director General of Bayelsa Investment Promotion Agency (BIPA), Barr. Patience Ranami-Abah in her office on Tuesday in Yenagoa, maintained that tourism can boost the revenue profile of Bayelsa State, by creating thousands of jobs, as well as plant a sense of cultural exchange between tourists and the host communities.  According to Mr. Kiyaramo, the collaboration between the Bayelsa State Investment Promotion Agency and his office,  would focus on developing new cultural products,...

GOV.DIRI’S SSA ON TOURISM CONDEMNS ILLEGAL POACHING OF CHIMPANZEES IN EDUMENUM NATIONAL PARK : ... Calls for Concerted Efforts to Protect Wildlife in Bayelsa. Following increased hunting and poaching of chimpanzees in forest reserve in the state, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has called for concerted efforts to protect endangered species in the Edumenum National Park, covering 86.76 km2, home to chimpanzees and Apoi National Park, covering 64.77 km2, where the critically endangered Niger Delta Red Colombus is found, among several species.  While expressing his displeasure in an interview with newsmen in Yenagoa, Wednesday over recent killing of chimpanzees in Edumenum National Park in the Nembe axis by locals, Mr. Kiyaramo, said all great apes, including chimpanzees are either endangered or critically endangered.  The governor's aide who lamented that bushmeat has always been a primary food source in Central and West A...

CELEBRATE OIL &GAS DISCOVERY DAYS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES- GOV, DIRI’S SSA ON TOURISM . The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has enjoined oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region to weave local festivals around the days crude oil was discovered in their areas, adding that oil heritage should form part of their annual festivals in the region to promote energy tourism and conservation education.  Mr. Kiyaramo who made the call at the seventh edition of the annual "National Oil & Gas Discovery Day Festival held at the site of Oloibiri Oil Well 1, where crude oil was first discovered in commercial quantity on Sunday 15 January 1956 by Shell Darcy, in Otuabagi Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, noted that crude oil sites are now being promoted all over the world as special interest tourism niche destinations to attract visitors and adventure tourists alike to such places. He stated that the...