Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos
State has made public the result of the hotels classification exercise
done by the state government for hotels
operating in the state.
Fashola had last year inaugurated
two committees-Hotel classification and grading ratification and Appeal
committee and Hotel classification and grading review committee-chaired by Mr.
Gbolahan Elias and Mr. Larry Segun-Lean respectively, to ensure that the hotels in
the state were graded accordingly. The governor announced the result at the
weekend during the launch of the book, ‘Lagos a visitor’s guide,’ which
chronicled the location of hotels,
eateries and other tourist centres in the state, held in Victoria Island
axis of the state, Continue..
The governor who was represented by
the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, explained that the
result did represent the entire hotels in state, saying “We have graded 50 hotels in the
state. They represent the first phase of the exercise.”
Fashola said that the hotels
were graded between one and five stars, noting that the classification will
benefit the government and the owners of the hotels in the
state.
According to him, “The benefit of
registration is immense. For instance when Lagos had the Ebola Virus Disease
crisis, because we had the data’s of the schools we were able to tackle the
deadly disease within the school environment.
“If we have the same data with hotels,
we will be able to do the same. With the registration, classification and
others, we would be able to provide security for any establishment in the
state. We will know where such company is located and how to navigate to its
location. And if there is need to increase the facilities in such area. It will
be a win-win game,” he added.
Fashola however, warned hotels
owners not to relent in upgrading their facilities, saying “We will not stop to
visit your hotels, to ensure that you conform to standards that have earned
some of you the grades today.”
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