Some hotel owners in Abuja have lamented how the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria has hit their businesses hard.
“Travel & Tourism is the backbone of many economies across Africa and its collapse will lead to hundreds of millions of livelihoods being impacted and enormous financial pressure for years to come. Now, more than ever, it is vital that governments work together on a globally coordinated approach towards a swift recovery and ongoing support for Travel & Tourism. It is critical that the most vulnerable communities receive international help.
The spokesperson of the Hotel Owners Forum Abuja, Funmi Kazeem, she said “it is only a matter of time before hotel employees will start dabbling into despicable acts”. “There is no way April salary would have been paid when we are on lockdown. This is why we are pleading with the federal government to come to our rescue, so we don’t start laying off staff outrightly, that is if some hotels have not already.”“Hoteliers are expected to still pay water bills, FIRS, PAYE, PIT, state and local government bills which include land use charge, all these run into billions of naira,” she said.
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