By OSA AMADI
The Argungun Fishing festival at its prime, many years ago, was on the global tourism calendar. It brought fame and honour to Nigeria and Kebbi State but disappeared from global cultural watch list due to unexplained circumstances, thereby denying Kebbi State the needed tourism revenue and the people access to foreign investments on hospitality and employment.
But the festival is set to bounce back with the Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Bagudu’s appointment of Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa as Senior Special Assistant on Tourism Matters with mandate to restructure and rebrand Argungun fishing festival into a notable world-class cultural event.
Indeed, the governor’s choice and appointment of Nura Kangiwa to revamp the festival and the entire tourism architecture of Kebbi State sign-posts a fresh beginning for the famous…
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