Lagos Aviation Academy awards scholarship to YTHLF participant

L-R - Olamide Oni, Public Relations Officer, Lagos Aviation Academy (LAA); Jonathan Peter, Beneficiary of the LAA Award; Olumuyiwa Omololu, Convener of YTHLF; Nneka Chukwu, Account Manager, LAA, and one of the guests at the YTHLF event.

Lagos Aviation Academy, Nigeria’s fastest-growing aviation training institution has awarded a scholarship award to one of the participants of the recently held Youth Tourism & Hospitality Leaders Forum (YTHLF) at the Lagos State Council of Arts & Culture.

In the course of the event, Chinasa Mbene, general manager, Lagos Aviation Academy who spoke through Olamide Oni, the Academy’s Public Relations Officer said: “We are pleased to be a part of what the organizers of the Youth Tourism and Hospitality Leaders Forum are doing. Lagos Aviation Academy remains passionate about promoting professionalism in the travel and tourism industry, as well as youth involvement in the sector.

“We are delighted to present the award of the Basic Ticketing and Reservation Course and we assure the winner and other prospective students of a great time, training and learning from our seasoned instructors.”

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The YTHLF is an annual event organized by Travelscope Magazine with the purpose of sensitizing and educating students, young tourism professionals and stakeholders on the economic values of the tourism and hospitality sector. This year’s edition of the event was focused on ‘Strategies for Transforming Tourism Challenges to Economic Goldmine in Nigeria’.

The convener of the event, Olumuyiwa Omololu said: “The primary objective of the annual event is to sensitize, educate, motivate and promote the social, cultural and economic values of the tourism and hospitality sector among the students, young tourism promoters and stakeholders.”

The beneficiary of the scholarship who was announced after a raffle draw, Jonathan Peter, a student of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) while expressing his gratitude to Lagos Aviation Academy said: “I would like to appreciate Lagos Aviation Academy for this beautiful opportunity. When I heard my name, I was so happy. I have always been interested in tourism and this is a big push for me.”

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.