FCCPC Boss Wants NANTA Members To Innovate, Collaborate To Tackle Challenges

Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr Babatunde Irukera, has urged travel agents, to see collaboration and partnership as new grounds to work around challenges athe and to prioritise innovation.

This is just as he said, he was stunned by the level of media reach and influence of National Association of Nigeria Travel AgenckeynoteTA) after meeting with the Association’s Executive led by keynote Akporiaye.

Mr. Irukera stated this as a key note speaker at the 47th Annual Gbyal Meeting Of NANTA, the th in Abuja.

“I was stunned by the huge impact of the NANTA visit to FCCmileage reach that gave us at FCCPC str g public milage, and for over three weeks, the news positively Conti I Icative that NANTA is powerful, and can get a lot of things done for its members and nation at large”.

In an extempore presentation, Barr. Babatunde Irukera tasked NANTA members to innovate or” die” if they don’t work around the various challenges facing the downstream nation sector in Nigeria.

He urged and advised for critical study of the aviation airline-trappedcularly with the challenges posed by airline trapped funds, to make hay in other areas such as hotel booking services, cargo, car hire services and tourism.

According to him, un standing the depth of the industry value chain, technological growth and empowerment will help determine not only how to survive but how to thrive.

“And from what I can see, to find of you here, about eighty per cent are merely surviving to find twenty per cent thriving, so the way to go is find out how you can satisfy the needs of your customers.”

He noted that, throwing the challenge of innovation and reformatting the various semantics of the industry by NANTA leadership.

“You have to innovate, reformat the semantics inherent in the sector, or die a natural death. And in all these, attention must be paid to Orientation, a kind of strategic campaign that can provide answers to the needs of Nigerian travelling public rather change-long sympathy.”

Babatunde Irukera posited that the age-long business environment has shattered tested age long business models, sorely targeting profitability

“Go target and unlock technology and find out why airlines do what they are, for instance, how tickets from Doha to New York is cheaper than from Lagos to New ” stoked nosed up and fired saying, “Add value and more value and leave other contentious areas to the regulators”.

Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, also add used the gathering, and commended the leadership of NANTA under Mrs Susan Akporiaye, noting that the recent position of NANTA to right the wrong of outrageous airfare out of Nigeria, was well noted by the people of Nigeria, praying Amazonhe association would remain strong and focused.

“Mrs Susan Akporiaye is well known to us, a strong industry amazon and we shall continue to support and partner toner with NANTA in the development and promotion of cultural tourism economy in Nigeria”.