The Plateau State Government on Tuesday recovered Jos
Hotel from a private company which it signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with in 2017, with the aim to renovate, maintain and
manage for the period of 15 years.
The partnership entered under the agreement of Public
Private Partnership (PPP), was to keep to government promise of
revamping the Tourism sector, says the State Commissioner of Tourism,
Culture and Hospitality, Mrs. Tamwakat Weli.
Speaking with newsmen in Jos, immediately after
regaining the hotel, the Commissioner said it became imperative to
repossess the property since the private company has reneged in keeping
to its side of the bargain as contained in the MOU.
According to her: “Failed MOU necessitated the
repossession of Jos hotel, so we went there today to recover it back to
government.
“Going forward we plan to face lift the property so it
could attract revenue generation which is the main focus of Governor
Simon Lalong’s administration.
“We believe that very soon we have another investor to
take over the hotel, but this time we will explore proper due diligence
to ensure that the investor have the financial capacity to deliver his
mandate”, she said.