Odega Jonathan: “Life is not all about making money”

Provost, Tana Forsuelo

MD, Archid Hotels, Jonathan Odega

“Tourism and hospitality has been seen as a lucrative but abandoned business in Nigeria”.

This hint was made by the Director Orchid Hotels and suites, Mr. Odega Jonathan, at an educative session with participants at this years YALDA conference held in Lagos, Nigeria.

Mr. Odega stressed that before one can succeed in a business, the person needs to have a leverage passion and obligation, before they can embark on such business.

“Life is not all about making money, it is about making impressions”.

According to the Director, “ideas are like dreams or inspirations that need to be original or relatively so, if they must make the expected impact”.

“There is something very remarkable about ideas. It is inexhaustible and lies in each one of us, but usually latent until released”.

Furthermore, he noted that his organization was working out strategies towards creating a training school that could train foreign chefs on local Nigerian dishes.

Also speaking in the same vein, Tana Forsuelo, Provost of Wavecrest College of Catering and Hospitality Management, urged the private sectors to come together to put things in place and not wait for the government.

The Provost said, “Hotel business in Nigeria does not last, it only stays for 3-5years and it collapse.”

“There is good potential in tourism and hospitality, but we have not open our mind to accept it,” she added.