Some hotel associations have called on the Kwara State Government to reverse its law prohibiting the sales, production and consumption of alcohol in the state.
They said the enforcement of such a law would have a drastic effect on the nation’s economy and the hospitality industry.
They spoke with newsmen in separate interviews on Friday in Lagos.
Newsmen report that the Kwara State Government had on March 13 banned the public sales, consumption and production of alcohol in the state.
Mr Adeniyi Ologun, the Executive Secretary of the Hotel and Personnel Services Employers’ Association of Nigeria (HOPESEA) said that such a decision would cause restrictions on freedom to invest.
Ologun said that the development was a minus for investors in the hospitality industry.
He said that hoteliers had tried to make huge gains from the sales of alcohol to be able to pay the…
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